The invoice OCR API for structured accounts payable.
Extract supplier details, invoice numbers, due dates, tax, totals, and line items from PDFs, scans, and photos. Send a schema, get typed JSON back.
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See an invoice become accounts payable JSON.
Extract the fields your workflow needs from the uploaded invoice, including supplier details, billing codes, due dates, totals, and line items.
{
"data": {
"supplier_name": "RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE",
"invoice_number": "INV-20416",
"date": "02/04/2026",
"patient": "M. Okafor",
"line_items": [
{
"service": "Office Visit",
"code": "99213",
"fee": "95.00"
},
{
"service": "ECG 12-lead",
"code": "93000",
"fee": "45.00"
},
{
"service": "Venepuncture",
"code": "36415",
"fee": "12.00"
},
{
"service": "Lipid Panel",
"code": "80061",
"fee": "38.00"
}
],
"total": "GBP 190.00"
}
}Ask for the invoice fields your app needs.
OCRWell reads the invoice and returns JSON shaped to your schema. Amounts stay in the format visible on the document, with nested arrays for line items and the same endpoint for every supplier layout.
# Extract invoice fields and line items
$ curl https://api.ocrwell.com/v1/documents \
-H "X-API-Key: $OCRWELL_KEY" \
-d '{
"upload_id":"upl_01H7",
"mode":"structured",
"schema":{
"supplier_name":"string",
"invoice_number":"string",
"date":"string",
"patient":"string",
"total":"string",
"line_items":[
{
"service":"string",
"code":"string",
"fee":"string"
}
]
}
}'{
"job": {
"id": "019539a6-6c3d-7e5f",
"status": "completed",
"mode": "structured"
},
"result": {
"data": {
"supplier_name": "Harbour Office Supplies",
"invoice_number": "INV-4821",
"date": "21/05/2026",
"patient": "",
"total": "AUD 1,540.00",
"line_items": [
{
"service": "Archive boxes, 50 pack",
"code": "",
"fee": "480.00"
},
{
"service": "Document scanner service",
"code": "",
"fee": "920.00"
}
]
}
}
}Where teams use the invoice OCR API.
Accounts payable intake
Extract supplier, invoice number, due date, tax, totals, and line items before routing the invoice into your approval or payment workflow.
Line items without templates
Use one schema across supplier layouts. OCRWell reads the invoice structure and returns repeating rows without per-vendor coordinates in your code.
Scans, PDFs, and photos
Process digital PDFs, scanned invoices, and phone photos through the same upload flow. Each job returns the same response shape.
Invoice OCR questions.
Can the invoice OCR API return line items?
Yes. Put a single example object inside an array in your schema and OCRWell returns a line_items array with one object per detected row.
Does it need one template per supplier?
No. The schema describes the fields you want back, not fixed page coordinates. Use the same schema across supplier invoice layouts.
How should currency amounts be represented?
Ask for amounts as strings when you want OCR output to match the visible document. Convert them to minor units later inside your own accounting or payment system.
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Generate an API key, upload your first invoice, and get structured JSON back in seconds. Free forever tier covers 200 OCR pages per month.