Extract data from a document

post https://api.sensible.so/v0/extract/{document_type}

Note: Use this endpoint for testing. Use the asynchronous extraction endpoints for production.

Extract data from a local document synchronously.

To explore this endpoint, use this interactive API reference, or use one of the following options:

For a quick "hello world" response to this endpoint, see the quickstart
For a step-by-step tutorial about calling this endpoint, see Try synchronous extraction.
Run this endpoint in the Sensible Postman collection.

There are two options for posting the document bytes.

(often preferred) specify the non-encoded document bytes as the entire request body,and specify the Content-Type header, for example,"application/pdf" or "image/jpeg".
See the following for supported file formats.
Base64 encode the document bytes, specify them in a body "document" field, and specify application/json for the Content-Type header.

Using the Sensible app, you can extract from PDFs. Using the Sensible API, you can extract document data from the following file formats:

PDF
JPEG
PNG
TIFF

When extracting from image file formats, Sensible ignore OCR or OCR preprocessor settings you configure in the document type or SenseML configuration.

For TIFF documents, SenseML that attempts to return a rendered page returns an error, including:

pixel-based methods, such as Box, Checkbox, Signature, and image coordinates found with the Document Range method
Key/Value method
Fixed Table and Table methods with the Stop parameter specified. Use the Text Table method as an alternative.