PaddleOCR Document Parsing V2

Parse documents using PaddleOCR's API. Supports both sync and async modes for images and PDFs.

PaddleOCR Document Parsing

Parse images and PDF files using PaddleOCR's API. Supports both synchronous and asynchronous parsing modes with structured output.

Resource Links

Resource	Link
Official Website	https://www.paddleocr.com
API Documentation	https://ai.baidu.com/ai-doc/AISTUDIO/Cmkz2m0ma
GitHub	https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

Key Features

• Multi-format support: PDF and image files (JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF)
• Two parsing modes:
  • Sync mode: Fast response for small files (<600s timeout)
  • Async mode: For large files with progress polling
• Layout analysis: Automatic detection of text blocks, tables, formulas
• Multi-language: Support for 110+ languages
• Structured output: Markdown format with preserved document structure

Setup

1. Visit PaddleOCR to obtain your API credentials
2. Set environment variables:

export PADDLEOCR_ACCESS_TOKEN="your_token_here"
export PADDLEOCR_API_URL="https://your-endpoint.aistudio-app.com/layout-parsing"

# Optional: For async mode
export PADDLEOCR_JOB_URL="https://your-job-endpoint.aistudio-app.com/api/v2/ocr/jobs"
export PADDLEOCR_MODEL="PaddleOCR-VL-1.5"

Usage Examples

Sync Mode (Default)

For small files and quick processing:

# Parse local image
{baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.sh document.jpg

# Parse PDF
{baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.sh -t pdf document.pdf

# Parse from URL
{baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.sh https://example.com/document.jpg

# Save output to file
{baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.sh -o result.json document.jpg

# Verbose output
{baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.sh -v document.jpg

Async Mode

For large files with progress tracking:

# Parse large PDF with async mode
{baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.sh --async large-document.pdf

# Parse from URL with async mode
{baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.sh --async -t pdf https://example.com/doc.pdf

# Save async result to file
{baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.sh --async -o result.json document.pdf

Using Python Script Directly

# Sync mode
python3 {baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.py document.jpg

# Async mode
python3 {baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.py --async-mode document.pdf

# With output file
python3 {baseDir}/paddleocr_parse.py -o result.json --async-mode document.pdf

Response Structure

{
  "logId": "unique_request_id",
  "errorCode": 0,
  "errorMsg": "Success",
  "result": {
    "layoutParsingResults": [
      {
        "prunedResult": [...],
        "markdown": {
          "text": "# Document Title\n\nParagraph content...",
          "images": {}
        },
        "outputImages": [...],
        "inputImage": "http://input-image"
      }
    ],
    "dataInfo": {...}
  }
}

Important Fields:

• prunedResult - Contains detailed layout element information including positions, categories, etc.
• markdown - Stores the document content converted to Markdown format with preserved structure and formatting.

Mode Selection Guide

Use Case	Recommended Mode
Small images (< 10MB)	Sync
Single page PDFs	Sync
Large PDFs (> 10MB)	Async
Multi-page documents	Async
Batch processing	Async
Quick text extraction	Sync

Error Handling

The script will exit with code 1 and print error message for:

• Missing required environment variables
• File not found
• API authentication failures
• Invalid JSON responses
• API error codes (non-zero)

Quota Information

See official documentation: https://ai.baidu.com/ai-doc/AISTUDIO/Xmjclapam