Image Operations

Scan an image

Creates a task to scan an image file. This is an equivalent operation for `detect-documents` and `warp` combined, additionally it can apply effects to the scanned image.

POST
/v1/image-operations/scan
x-api-key
<token>

API Key for authentication

In: header

inputrequired
string

The id of the file or task to operate on.

name
string

The name of the image to be saved

scan_moderequired
string

Mode for detecting documents in the image. Available modes are:

  • none: No document detection is performed.
  • standard: Using a quick algorithm. Document is detected in the image, and the image is cropped to the detected document area fixing the perspective to match the document's shape.
Value in"none" | "standard"
effectrequired
string

The effect to apply to the image

Value in"none" | "grayscale" | "scanner" | "black-background"
callback_url
string

The URL to call when the task is completed or failed. If you want to receive events, you probably prefer to use webhooks instead.

Formaturi

Response Body

curl -X POST "https://api.scan-documents.com/v1/image-operations/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "input": "file_avyrvozb9302uwhq",
    "scan_mode": "standard",
    "effect": "none"
  }'
const body = JSON.stringify({
  "input": "file_avyrvozb9302uwhq",
  "scan_mode": "standard",
  "effect": "none"
})

fetch("https://api.scan-documents.com/v1/image-operations/scan", {
  body
})
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
  "strings"
)

func main() {
  url := "https://api.scan-documents.com/v1/image-operations/scan"
  body := strings.NewReader(`{
    "input": "file_avyrvozb9302uwhq",
    "scan_mode": "standard",
    "effect": "none"
  }`)
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body)
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
import requests

url = "https://api.scan-documents.com/v1/image-operations/scan"
body = {
  "input": "file_avyrvozb9302uwhq",
  "scan_mode": "standard",
  "effect": "none"
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, json = body, headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
})

print(response.text)
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
import java.time.Duration;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;

var body = BodyPublishers.ofString("""{
  "input": "file_avyrvozb9302uwhq",
  "scan_mode": "standard",
  "effect": "none"
}""");
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder()
  .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
  .build();

HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
  .uri(URI.create("https://api.scan-documents.com/v1/image-operations/scan"))
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .POST(body)
  .build();

try {
  HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(requestBuilder.build(), BodyHandlers.ofString());
  System.out.println("Status code: " + response.statusCode());
  System.out.println("Response body: " + response.body());
} catch (Exception e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;

var body = new StringContent("""
{
  "input": "file_avyrvozb9302uwhq",
  "scan_mode": "standard",
  "effect": "none"
}
""", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

var client = new HttpClient();
var response = await client.PostAsync("https://api.scan-documents.com/v1/image-operations/scan", body);
var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
{
  "id": "task_euyrvozb9302uwhq",
  "operation": "scan",
  "parameters": {
    "input": "file_avyrvozb9302uwhq",
    "name": "Example Image",
    "scan_mode": "standard",
    "effect": "none",
    "callback_url": "https://example.com/callback"
  },
  "status": "completed",
  "result": {
    "generated_files": [
      {
        "id": "file_euyrvozb9302uwhq",
        "name": "Example Image",
        "type": "image/png",
        "properties": {
          "size": 1024,
          "width": 800,
          "height": 600
        },
        "task_id": "task_euyrvozb9302uwhq",
        "created_at": "2021-05-01T12:00:00Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "callback_url": "https://example.com/callback",
  "created_at": "2021-05-01T12:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2021-05-01T12:00:00Z"
}
{
  "type": "https://scan-documents.com/docs/errors/not-found",
  "title": "Not Found",
  "status": 404,
  "message": "{resource} with id {id} not found."
}
{
  "type": "https://scan-documents.com/docs/errors/validation-error",
  "title": "Validation Error",
  "status": 422,
  "errors": {
    "{field}": [
      "{error}."
    ]
  }
}
{
  "type": "https://scan-documents.com/docs/errors/rate-limit-error",
  "title": "Rate Limit Exceeded",
  "status": 429,
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later or contact support."
}
{
  "type": "https://scan-documents.com/docs/errors/internal-error",
  "title": "An unexpected error occurred. Contact support if the problem persists.",
  "status": 500,
  "message": "An unexpected error occurred. Contact support if the problem persists."
}