Get text from Images with python and pytesseract

img_ocr.py

import sys
import pytesseract
from pathlib import Path
from glob import glob
from os.path import join


class ImageOcr:

    def __init__(self, my_path: Path = None):
        if my_path is None:
            print('Error no Path')
        self.my_path = my_path
        self.items = []
        self.filename = "ocr.txt"
        self.create_file()

    def process_images(self):

        files = []
        for ext in ('*.gif', '*.png', '*.jpg'):
            files.extend(glob(join(self.my_path, ext)))

        for file in files:
            self.write_to_file(pytesseract.image_to_string(file))

    def create_file(self):
        file = open(self.filename, "w")

    def write_to_file(self, my_str: str = ""):
        with open("ocr.txt", "a") as file:
            file.write(my_str)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    my_path = Path(sys.argv[1])
    iocr = ImageOcr(my_path=my_path)
    iocr.process_images()
 
# python img_ocr.py c:\path_to_my_images