Mindee passport API Alternative: Passport OCR API

What Mindee passport API Is

Mindee offers document-parsing APIs, including a passport parser, for developers. 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 passport. There is no SDK to embed, billing is 2 credits per successful request, credits never expire, and failed requests are not billed. See the Passport API docs or try the free scanner.

Where This Fits

• Choose Mindee passport API when: you already use Mindee for other document types and want one vendor.
• Choose StructOCR when: you need passports plus national ID cards and driver licenses from many countries with country-specific fields.
• 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("passport.jpg", "rb") as image_file:
    image = base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode("ascii")

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

Response Shape

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

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "passport_number": "…",
    "surname": "…",
    "given_names": "…",
    "date_of_expiry": "…"
  }
}