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Document Processing API

Prerequisites

Install NodeJS

Install MongoDB

Install RabbitMQ Server

Deploying locally

Clone source via git and cd to folder:

Clone Repository - https://github.com/reecefenwick/tesseract-service.git

Install dependencies via npm:

npm install

Tests

Install mocha globally:

npm install mocha -g

Run the tests

npm test

Run API Server

via node:

node server

Run Worker

via node from /workers directory:

node receive

Documentation

API Documentation - http://docs.ocr3.apiary.io/

Application Sequence

Client -Upload file via POST to /job - job _id is returned
API - adds a message to queue
Worker - receive the message off the queue
Worker - processes file and updates database
Client - Polls via GET to /job/{_id}

Things to note

Basic demo has been setup - navigate to http://localhost:3000/demo
Only images are supported currently - PDF input will come later
Worker will eventually become its own standalone project