Anyline Container Scanner Alternative: Container Number OCR API

What Anyline Container Scanner Is

Anyline’s mobile SDK includes a shipping-container number scanning module. Choosing between it and an API comes down to where processing runs, how you pay, and which documents you need.

Where StructOCR Differs

StructOCR is a server-side REST API: you send an image and receive structured JSON for container number. There is no SDK to embed, billing is 1 credit per successful request, credits never expire, and failed requests are not billed. See the Container Number API docs or try the free scanner.

Where This Fits

• Choose Anyline Container Scanner when: you need container scanning offline on handheld devices.
• Choose StructOCR when: you want ISO 6346 parsing and check-digit validation from any camera image through one API call.
• Use both when: You capture on a device with one tool and need server-side extraction or a fallback for uploaded images with the other.

Try the API in a Few Lines

A complete request takes one HTTP call with your API key.

Prerequisite: Python 3.9+, `pip install requests`, and a STRUCTOCR_API_KEY

import base64
import os
import requests

with open("container.jpg", "rb") as image_file:
    image = base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode("ascii")

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.structocr.com/v1/container",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["STRUCTOCR_API_KEY"]},
    json={"img": image},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()["data"]
print("container_number:", data.get("container_number"))
print("is_valid:", data.get("is_valid"))
print("confidence:", data.get("confidence"))

Response Shape

Illustrative fields returned by the StructOCR API for this document type.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "container_number": "…",
    "is_valid": "…",
    "confidence": "…"
  }
}