AWS Textract Helper

This is a JavaScript library that provides an easy to use methods for extracting structured data from Amazon Textract APIs.

Prerequisites

You need to have a basic knowledge of AWS and Textract APIs. For a quick introduction, please refere to this article and repository example to help you getting started.

Installation

npm i aws-textract-helper

Documentation

Method	Description
createForm	Analyze blocks returned by Textract and creates a key-value object that represents a form in an image
createTables	Analyze blocks returned by Textract and creates an array of tables that represents all the tables in an image

Examples

Create a form

const textractHelper = require('aws-textract-helper')
const form = textractHelper.createForm(dataFromTextract)

It will analyze all blocks and return a JSON object representing a form

{
    "First Name": "Muhi",
    "Last Name": "Masri",
    "Address": "Planet Earth"
}

Create tables

const textractHelper = require('aws-textract-helper')
const tables = textractHelper.createTables(dataFromTextract)

It will analyze all blocks and return an array of tables

[{
    "1": {
        "1": "Memberld",
        "2": "First Name",
        "3": "Last Name",
        "4": "Address"
    },
    "2": {
        "1": "111",
        "2": "Muhi",
        "3": "Masri",
        "4": "Planet Earth"
    },
    "3": {
        "1": "222",
        "2": "John",
        "3": "Smith",
        "4": "Planet Mars"
    }
}]

Extra options

You can use a trimChar config option to remove unwanted characters in form keys such as a colon or extra spaces

const form = textractHelper.createForm(dataFromTextract, { trimChars: [':', ' '] })