# OCR.space AI integration on Definable

> OCR.space provides a free and paid OCR API for extracting text from images and PDFs, returning results in JSON format.

## What this connects

OCR.space provides a free and paid OCR API for extracting text from images and PDFs, returning results in JSON format.

Vendor: https://ocr.space/

## Tools available

**3** tools available. First 3:

- `OCRSPACE_GET_CONVERSIONS` — Get Conversion Statistics — Retrieve OCR API conversion statistics and usage data (PRO accounts only). Returns the number of conversions for Engine1, Engine2, and total conversions. Data is updated once daily and shows conversions from start of month to end of yesterday. Free API keys will return 0 conversions.
- `OCRSPACE_OCR_PARSE_IMAGE_POST` — Extract Text from Image/PDF (OCR) — Extract text from images and PDF documents using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Supports 27 languages, table recognition, orientation detection, and word-level coordinate extraction. Provide exactly one of `file`, `url`, or `base64Image`; providing multiple or none triggers E301/OCRExitCode 99. Input can be provided as file upload, public URL, or base64-encoded data URI. Response is nested JSON; extract text from `ParsedResults[*].ParsedText`. Returns extracted text with optional overlay coordinates and searchable PDF generation. For poor-quality scans, enable both `detectOrientation` and `scale` and ensure `language` matches the document.
- `OCRSPACE_PARSE_IMAGE_URL` — Extract Text from Image URL (GET) — Extract text from images via URL using simplified GET endpoint. Only supports URL-based submissions - no file uploads or base64 encoding. Faster and simpler than POST endpoint for basic use cases.

## Auth

Auth schemes: `API_KEY`.

## How agents use OCR.space

Inside a Definable workflow, OCR.space is one of the tools the **Distributor specialist** can call. Example coordination patterns:

- **Researcher → OCR.space** — the Researcher (GPT-5.5) pulls context from OCR.space (records, threads, documents), synthesises findings, and briefs the rest of the team.
- **Writer → Distributor → OCR.space** — the Writer (Claude Opus 4.7) drafts copy in brand voice, the Verifier passes it, then the Distributor writes the result into OCR.space (create record, post message, draft email).
- **Designer / Engineer → Distributor → OCR.space** — the Designer ships an asset or the Engineer ships a code change, the Distributor delivers it via OCR.space (attach file, open PR comment, post status).

The Verifier checks every OCR.space call. On rate limit, schema drift, or auth refresh it self-heals and retries — the workflow completes without manual intervention.

## Categories

- ai document extraction — https://definable.ai/apps/category/ai-document-extraction/
- developer tools — https://definable.ai/apps/category/developer-tools/

## Related

- HTML page: https://definable.ai/apps/ocrspace/
- Same category (ai document extraction): https://definable.ai/apps/category/ai-document-extraction/
- All integrations: https://definable.ai/apps/
- Workflow (multi-agent loop): https://definable.ai/workflow/
- Apps llms.txt index: https://definable.ai/llms-apps.txt