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ID Document Data Extraction API for developers

Extract structured data from passports, driver's licenses, and ID cards using AI. Define your JSON schema and get perfectly formatted data.

  • Custom JSON Schema – Define any data structure you need - the AI extracts information to match your exact schema
  • Multiple Format Support – Extract data from PDFs, Word documents (DOCX), and image files (PNG, JPG) with consistent accuracy
  • Simple Integration – Clean REST API and TypeScript SDK for easy integration into any application
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Easy to use APIs

Use our simple APIs directly or our TypeScript SDK with just a few lines of code.

ID Extract

API Docs
import { PDFVector } from "pdfvector";

const client = new PDFVector({
  apiKey: "pdfvector_xxxxxxx"
});

// From URL
const results = await client.idExtract({
  url: "https://example.com/passport.pdf",
  prompt: "Extract all personal information from this ID document",
  schema: {
    type: "object",
    properties: {
      fullName: { type: "string" },
      dateOfBirth: { type: "string" },
      documentNumber: { type: "string" },
      expirationDate: { type: "string" },
      nationality: { type: "string" }
    }
  }
});

// From file
import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
const results = await client.idExtract({
  data: await readFile("drivers-license.jpg"),
  contentType: "image/jpeg",
  prompt: "Extract driver's license information",
  schema: {
    type: "object",
    properties: {
      fullName: { type: "string" },
      licenseNumber: { type: "string" },
      expirationDate: { type: "string" },
      address: { type: "string" }
    }
  }
});

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Extract Structured Data from ID Documents

Extract structured data from ID documents using AI. Define your own JSON schema and get perfectly formatted data that matches your exact requirements.

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AI-Powered Extraction

Advanced AI understands ID document layouts and personal information to extract data accurately into your custom schema.

Custom JSON Schema

Define any JSON schema structure you need. Extract nested objects, arrays, specific fields, or complex identity data structures.

Database-Ready Output

Get structured data that's ready to insert into your database, process in your application, or integrate with your verification systems.

Identity Document Expertise

Specialized for passports, driver's licenses, and national ID cards. Handles various layouts and extracts personal information with precision.

Example Output

Real examples of structured data extracted from passports, driver's licenses, and ID cards based on custom JSON schemas

Original Document

Passport Extraction

Output

AI-generated answer to your question

Question

Extract all passport details

Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "documentType": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "documentNumber": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "firstName": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "lastName": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "dateOfBirth": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sex": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "nationality": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "placeOfBirth": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "issueDate": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "expirationDate": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "issuingAuthority": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

Answer

{
  "documentType": "PASSPORT",
  "documentNumber": "0002028373",
  "firstName": "LI",
  "lastName": "JUAN",
  "dateOfBirth": "1982-05-01T00:00:00",
  "sex": "F",
  "nationality": "USA",
  "placeOfBirth": "NEW YORK CITY",
  "issueDate": "2019-05-09T00:00:00",
  "expirationDate": "2029-05-09T00:00:00",
  "issuingAuthority": "USA"
}

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Everything you need for document processing

Transform any document into clean text. Extract structured data from PDFs, Word files, Excel spreadsheets, and images with precision and speed. Also search 5M+ academic papers and fetch papers by paper IDs.

Document

Parse PDF

Convert PDF document to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Word

Convert Word document to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Image

Convert image file to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Excel

Convert Excel spreadsheet to clean, structured markdown.

Ask PDF

Ask questions about PDF document and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Word

Ask questions about Word document and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Image

Ask questions about image and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Excel

Ask questions about Excel spreadsheet and get answers in markdown format.

Extract PDF

Turn PDF document into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Word

Turn Word document into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Image

Turn image into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Excel

Turn Excel spreadsheet into structured data with custom fields.

List Images

List images from PDF and Word document.

Invoice

Parse Invoice

Convert invoice document to clean, structured markdown.

Ask Invoice

Ask questions about invoice document and get answers in markdown format.

Extract Invoice

Turn invoice document into structured data with custom fields.

Identity

Parse ID

Convert ID document (passport, driver's license, ID card) to clean, structured markdown.

Ask ID

Ask questions about ID document and get answers in markdown format.

Extract ID

Turn ID document into structured data with custom fields.

Bank Statement

Convert Bank Statement

Convert bank statement document to Excel, CSV or Markdown format

Academic

Search Academic Papers

Search across PubMed, Semantic Scholar, ArXiv, Google Scholar, ERIC, Europe PMC, and OpenAlex databases

Fetch Academic Papers

Fetch academic papers using DOI or any IDs of any academic database.

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