README.md

Google Vision Input Module

Extractor module for OCR'ing image files.

Credentials

To use the Google Vision input module, follow these steps:

1. Create a new Google Cloud Platform App
2. Activate the Google Vision API
3. Create new credentials and download the JSON file containing your credentials.
4. Copy the contents of the downloaded JSON file and paste everything as "credentials" value:

   "extractor": {
     "pdf": "...",
     "ocr": "google-vision",
     "credentials": {
       "type": "...",
       "project_id": "...",
       "private_key_id": "...",
       "private_key": "...",
       "client_email": "...",
       "client_id": "...",
       "auth_uri": "...",
       "token_uri": "...",
       "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "...",
       "client_x509_cert_url": "..."
     }
   },

5. Change your configuration to use google-vision for OCR.

NB: This module only works with images yet. To make it work with PDF and TIFF, we'll need to use Batch File Annotation and Google Cloud Storage. See the official guide.