Extract text from an image (OCR - optical character recognition) using Node.js

ocr.js

// install the official Haven OnDemand Node.js wrapper: https://github.com/HPE-Haven-OnDemand/havenondemand-node
// npm install --save havenondemand

var havenondemand = require('havenondemand')
var client = new havenondemand.HODClient('APIKEY')

// var data = {file: '/path/to/file.jpg', mode: 'document_photo', languages: ['en']} // uncomment if using a local file
var data = {url: 'https://www.havenondemand.com/sample-content/images/bowers.jpg', mode: 'document_photo', languages: ['en']} // uncomment if using a URL
client.post('ocrdocument', data, function(err, resp, body) {
  var result = resp.body.text_block[0]
  console.log(result)
})