- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Getting Started
- Server APIs
- History
- Introduction
- API Category
- Making API Requests
- Card and Document OCR APIs
- MainlandIDCardOCR
- RecognizeMainlandIDCardOCR
- MLIDPassportOCR
- HmtPermitOCR
- MainlandPermitOCR
- HmtResidentPermitOCR
- HKIDCardOCR
- MLIDCardOCR
- RecognizeIndonesiaIDCardOCR
- RecognizeSingaporeIDCardOCR
- RecognizeThaiIDCardOCR
- RecognizeMacaoIDCardOCR
- BankCardOCR
- PhilippinesDrivingLicenseOCR
- PhilippinesSssIDOCR
- PhilippinesTinIDOCR
- PhilippinesVoteIDOCR
- PhilippinesUMIDOCR
- KoreanIDCardOCR
- KoreanDrivingLicenseOCR
- General Text OCR APIs
- Invoice and Ticket OCR APIs
- Vehicle Scene OCR APIs
- Smart Structured Information OCR APIs
- Data Types
- Error Codes
- Service Agreement
- OCR Policy
- Product Introduction
- Purchase Guide
- Getting Started
- Server APIs
- History
- Introduction
- API Category
- Making API Requests
- Card and Document OCR APIs
- MainlandIDCardOCR
- RecognizeMainlandIDCardOCR
- MLIDPassportOCR
- HmtPermitOCR
- MainlandPermitOCR
- HmtResidentPermitOCR
- HKIDCardOCR
- MLIDCardOCR
- RecognizeIndonesiaIDCardOCR
- RecognizeSingaporeIDCardOCR
- RecognizeThaiIDCardOCR
- RecognizeMacaoIDCardOCR
- BankCardOCR
- PhilippinesDrivingLicenseOCR
- PhilippinesSssIDOCR
- PhilippinesTinIDOCR
- PhilippinesVoteIDOCR
- PhilippinesUMIDOCR
- KoreanIDCardOCR
- KoreanDrivingLicenseOCR
- General Text OCR APIs
- Invoice and Ticket OCR APIs
- Vehicle Scene OCR APIs
- Smart Structured Information OCR APIs
- Data Types
- Error Codes
- Service Agreement
- OCR Policy
1. API Description
Domain name for API request: ocr.tencentcloudapi.com.
This API is used to recognize key fields on the photo side of a Hong Kong (China) identity card, including name in Chinese, name in English, telecode for name, date of birth, gender, document symbol, date of the first issue, date of the last receipt, identity card number, and permanent residency attribute.
This API is not fully available for the time being. For more information, please contact your Tencent Cloud sales rep.
A maximum of 5 requests can be initiated per second for this API.
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2. Input Parameters
The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.
| Parameter Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action | Yes | String | Common Params. The value used for this API: HKIDCardOCR. |
| Version | Yes | String | Common Params. The value used for this API: 2018-11-19. |
| Region | No | String | Common Params. This parameter is not required for this API. |
| ReturnHeadImage | Yes | Boolean | Whether to return identity photo. |
| ImageBase64 | No | String | Base64 string of the image Supported image formats: PNG, JPG, JPEG. GIF is not supported yet. Supported image size: The downloaded image cannot exceed 7 MB after being Base64-encoded, and it cannot take longer than 3 seconds to download the image. |
| ImageUrl | No | String | URL address of image. (This field is not supported outside Chinese mainland) Supported image formats: PNG, JPG, JPEG. GIF is currently not supported. Supported image size: the downloaded image cannot exceed 3 MB after being Base64-encoded. The download time of the image cannot exceed 3 seconds. We recommend you store the image in Tencent Cloud, as a Tencent Cloud URL can guarantee higher download speed and stability. The download speed and stability of non-Tencent Cloud URLs may be low. |
3. Output Parameters
| Parameter Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CnName | String | Name in Chinese |
| EnName | String | Name in English |
| TelexCode | String | Telecode for the name in Chinese |
| Sex | String | Gender. Valid values: Male, Female |
| Birthday | String | Date of birth |
| Permanent | Integer | Permanent identity card. 0: non-permanent; 1: permanent; -1: unknown. |
| IdNum | String | Identity card number |
| Symbol | String | Document symbol, i.e., the symbol under the date of birth, such as "***AZ" |
| FirstIssueDate | String | First issue date |
| CurrentIssueDate | String | Last receipt date |
| HeadImage | String | Base64-encoded identity photo Note: this field may return null, indicating that no valid values can be obtained. |
| WarnCardInfos | Array of Integer | Card Warning Information -9101 Alarm for covered certificate, -9102 Alarm for photocopied certificate, -9103 Alarm for photographed certificate, -9104 Alarm for PS certificate, -9107 Alarm for reflective certificate, -9108 Alarm for blurry image, -9109 This capability is not enabled. |
| RequestId | String | The unique request ID, generated by the server, will be returned for every request (if the request fails to reach the server for other reasons, the request will not obtain a RequestId). RequestId is required for locating a problem. |
4. Example
Example1 Recognizing Hong Kong (China) identity card
Input Example
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: ocr.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: HKIDCardOCR
{
"ReturnHeadImage": "false",
"ImageUrl": "https://xx/a.jpg"
}
Output Example
{
"Response": {
"CnName": "",
"EnName": "SAN, Nan",
"TelexCode": "300000000000",
"Sex": "",
"Birthday": "01-01-2001",
"Permanent": 1,
"IdNum": "C000000(E)",
"Symbol": "***AZ",
"FirstIssueDate": "(09-99)",
"CurrentIssueDate": "23-09-10",
"HeadImage": "",
"WarnCardInfos": [
-9104
],
"RequestId": "fba1c9ad-aeb3-4418-9ecf-80ab1b5fc875"
}
}
5. Developer Resources
SDK
TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.
- Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Python
- Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Java
- Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for PHP
- Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Go
- Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for Node.js
- Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for .NET
- Tencent Cloud SDK 3.0 for C++
Command Line Interface
6. Error Code
The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.
| Error Code | Description |
|---|---|
| FailedOperation.DownLoadError | File download failed. |
| FailedOperation.ImageDecodeFailed | Image decoding failed. |
| FailedOperation.NoHKIDCard | Not a Hong Kong identity card. |
| FailedOperation.OcrFailed | OCR failed. |
| FailedOperation.UnKnowError | Unknown error. |
| FailedOperation.UnOpenError | The service is not activated. |
| FailedOperation.WarningServiceFailed | |
| InvalidParameterValue.InvalidParameterValueLimit | Incorrect parameter value. |
| LimitExceeded.TooLargeFileError | The file is too large. |
| ResourceUnavailable.InArrears | The account is in arrears. |
| ResourcesSoldOut.ChargeStatusException | Exceptional billing status. |
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