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Installation & Usage

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PyPI SemVer2.0

Introduction

Source code: https://github.com/RapidAI/RapidOCRWeb

rapidocr_web is a Web-based OCR application built on the rapidocr library. It lets you quickly start an OCR service locally, supports clipboard, drag-and-drop and image file uploads for recognition, and provides one-click copying of the recognized text.

The whole project uses a front-end/back-end separation design:

  • Front end: HTML + CSS + JavaScript
  • Back end: Flask

The UI comes from Cursor and adapts to both mobile and desktop devices. Compared with the older version (v0.x), the current version (v1.x) is more modern.

Installation

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pip install rapidocr_web

Usage

Start the service

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rapidocr_web -ip 0.0.0.0 -p 9003

After startup, open http://localhost:9003/ in a browser. It uses http by default, not https.

Where:

  • -ip 0.0.0.0 allows access from other devices on the local network; change it to 127.0.0.1 when using it on the local machine only.
  • -p 9003 specifies the port. If the port is occupied, switch to another port and access the corresponding address.

Note

If accessing from another device, replace localhost with the local-network IP of the device running the service.

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