/// <summary>
/// Pass a string path of image on local storage to the OCR API to extract text.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="imagePath"></param>
public void OCRFile(string imagePath)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imagePath))
{
return;
}
_ImagePath = imagePath;
_log.Info($"Uploading URL: {_ImagePath} to OCR API");
GoogleAnnotate annotate = new GoogleAnnotate(_log);
annotate.GetText(_ImagePath, languageType + "");
if (false == string.IsNullOrEmpty(annotate.Error))
{
ResultTextString = annotate.Error;
_log.Info($"Error: {ResultTextString} uploading to OCR API using image URL: {_ImagePath}");
}
else
{
ResultJsonString = annotate.JsonResult;
ResultTextString = annotate.TextResult;
_log.Info($"Success: {ResultJsonString} uploading to OCR API using image URL: {_ImagePath}");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Pass a URL to the OCR API to extract text.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="imageURI"></param>
public void OCRFile(Uri imageURI)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imageURI.ToString()))
{
_log.Info("URL is NULL or empty");
return;
}
_ImageURI = imageURI;
ResultJsonString = "";
ResultTextString = "";
_log.Info($"Uploading URL: {_ImageURI.ToString()} to OCR API");
GoogleAnnotate annotate = new GoogleAnnotate(_log);
annotate.GetText(_ImageURI, languageType + "");
if (false == string.IsNullOrEmpty(annotate.Error))
{
ResultTextString = annotate.Error;
_log.Info($"Error: {ResultTextString} uploading to OCR API using image URL: {_ImageURI.ToString()}");
}
else
{
ResultJsonString = annotate.JsonResult;
ResultTextString = annotate.TextResult;
_log.Info($"Success: {ResultJsonString} uploading to OCR API using image URL: {_ImageURI.ToString()}");
}
}