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MRZ Scanner for Python
A self-contained Python package: no dependencies, no network.
- Packagemrzscanner on PyPI
- RequiresPython 3.8+, Linux x86_64 / arm64, Windows x64
- Version2.5.0
Pythonpython
import mrzscanner
mrzscanner.register_license("MRZ2...", app_id="com.example.app")
with mrzscanner.Scanner() as scanner:
result = scanner.scan("passport.jpg")
if result:
print(result.text) # the MRZ lines
print(result.fields["document_number"]) # the parsed fields
print(result.check_digits_valid)How it starts
- 1pip install mrzscanner (add [images] to read image files with Pillow).
- 2Call mrzscanner.register_license once per process.
- 3Open a mrzscanner.Scanner() and call scan() with a file, bytes, a PIL image or a numpy array.
Install
Installbash
pip install mrzscanner # numpy arrays and raw pixels
pip install "mrzscanner[images]" # also image files (Pillow)Scan a document
Pythonpython
import mrzscanner
mrzscanner.register_license("MRZ2...", app_id="com.example.app")
with mrzscanner.Scanner() as scanner:
result = scanner.scan("passport.jpg")
if result:
print(result.text) # the MRZ lines
print(result.fields["document_number"]) # the parsed fields
print(result.check_digits_valid)