# OCR.space — MCP server on mcp.ai
> Connect your OCR.space account and use 3 tools for document data extraction straight from your AI agent. Connect with your own API key. OCR.space provides a free and paid OCR API for extracting text from images and PDFs, returning results in JSON format.

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Page: https://mcp.ai/ocrspace

## Connect (MCP protocol)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): https://api.mcp.ai/p_ocrspace?ms=1787293740000
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector, then authenticate when prompted.

## REST API (no MCP client required)
Every tool is also a REST endpoint, authed with a workspace API key.
Discover: GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/ocrspace/_endpoints   # public; lists every endpoint
Call:     POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/ocrspace/<endpoint>
  Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…   # create one at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
  Content-Type: application/json
  Body: { …args }   →   { "ok": true, "tool": "<id>", "result": { … } }

## Developer docs
How to use (MCP or REST), markdown: https://mcp.ai/ocrspace/skill.md
Postman collection (v2.1): https://mcp.ai/ocrspace/postman.json

## Tools
- ocrspace_get_conversions(startDate?: string) — Retrieve OCR API conversion statistics and usage data (PRO accounts only). Returns the number of conversions for Engine1, Engine2, and total conversions. Data is updated once daily and shows conversio
- ocrspace_ocr_parse_image_post(url?: string, file?: string, scale?: boolean, isTable?: boolean, filetype?: string, language?: string, OCREngine?: integer, base64Image?: string, detectOrientation?: boolean, isOverlayRequired?: boolean, isCreateSearchablePdf?: boolean, isSearchablePdfHideTextLayer?: boolean) — Extract text from images and PDF documents using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Supports 27 languages, table recognition, orientation detection, and word-level coordinate extraction. Provide exa
- ocrspace_parse_image_url(url: string, language?: string, isOverlayRequired?: boolean) — Extract text from images via URL using simplified GET endpoint. Only supports URL-based submissions - no file uploads or base64 encoding. Faster and simpler than POST endpoint for basic use cases.

## Example prompts
- "What can I do in OCR.space?"
- "Show me a summary of my OCR.space account"

## Links
Docs: https://mcp.ai/docs/mcps/ocrspace
Website: https://mcp.ai/mcps/ocrspace