Python Code Sample for Scanning Malaysian ID Card (MyKAD) using the PixLab DOCSCAN API - Extract Face, and all ID Fields - https://pixlab.io/cmd?id=docscan

malaysia_mykad_id_scanner_api.py

import requests
import json

# Scan government issued ID card from Malaysia (MyKAD, MyKID)., extract the user face and parse all fields.
#
# Usage sample of the ID card scanner from PixLab.
#
# In this sample, we shall scan ID Card from Malaysia (MyKAD); 
# therefore we will extract the user's face, date of birth, full name, address,
# and religion if available.
#
# PixLab recommend that you connect your AWS S3 bucket via your dashboard at https://pixlab.io/dashboard
# so that any cropped face or MRZ crop is stored automatically on your S3 bucket rather than the PixLab one.
# This feature should give you full control over your analyzed media files.
#
# https://pixlab.io/cmd?id=docscan for additional information.

req = requests.get('https://api.pixlab.io/docscan',params={
	'img':'https://buletinonline.net/v7/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Mykad-penghuni-puan-Noraini-2.jpg', # ID Card sample
	'type':'idcard', # We are expecting a Malaysian (MyKAD) ID card
	'country': 'my', # Malaysia Country Code
	'key':'PIXLAB_API_KEY' # Visit https://console.pixlab.io/ to get your API key
})
reply = req.json()
if reply['status'] != 200:
	print (reply['error'])
else:
	print ("User Cropped Face: " + reply['face_url'])
	# print ("Scanned Text: " + reply['full_text'])
	print ("Fields: ")
	# Display all scanned fields
	if "country" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tIssuing Country: " + reply['fields']['country'])
	if "id" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tID number: " + reply['fields']['id'])
	if "name" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tName: " + reply['fields']['name'])
	if "address" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tAddress: " + reply['fields']['address'])
	if "religion" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tReligion: " + reply['fields']['religion'])
	if "sex" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tSex: " + reply['fields']['sex'])
	if "race" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tRace: " + reply['fields']['race'])
	if "dateOfBirth" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tDate of birth: " + reply['fields']['dateOfBirth'])
	if "birth_country" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tCountry of birth: " + reply['fields']['birth_country'])
	if "nationality" in reply['fields']:
		print ("\tNationality: " + reply['fields']['nationality'])

Usage sample of the ID card scanner from PixLab. In this sample, we shall scan ID Card from Malaysia (MyKAD); therefore we will extract the user's face, date of birth, full name, address, and religion if available.

PixLab recommend that you connect your AWS S3 bucket via the dashboard at https://console.pixlab.io/ so that any extracted face is automatically stored on your S3 bucket rather than the PixLab one. This feature should give you full control over your analyzed media files.

https://pixlab.io/cmd?id=docscan for additional information.