Australia Driver License OCR with Node.js SDK

Reading Australia Driver Licenses

State and territory cards differ in layout while sharing common identity, licence and validity fields. Manual transcription adds delays and creates avoidable formatting errors when a team needs to move licence data into onboarding, rental or mobility systems.

A Server-Side Node.js SDK Workflow

The StructOCR driver license endpoint accepts a Base64-encoded image or PDF and returns normalized fields that are visible on the document. Typical results include the document number, holder name, dates, issuing region, address and vehicle class; optional fields may be null when they are absent or unreadable.

Common Integration Scenarios

• Vehicle rental: Pre-fill customer and licence details before a vehicle handover.
• Driver onboarding: Move visible licence fields into a review queue without retyping the card.
• Fleet operations: Capture licence classes and validity dates for internal driver records.

Australia Driver License OCR with Node.js SDK

The official Node.js SDK reads a supported local file and calls /v1/driver-license. Open the TypeScript + Express tab for a server route using the same SDK method.

Prerequisite: `npm install structocr`; set the server-side `STRUCTOCR_API_KEY` environment variable.

Prefer another stack? Open the Python SDK + FastAPI integration.

const StructOCR = require("structocr");

const client = new StructOCR(process.env.STRUCTOCR_API_KEY);

async function main() {
  const result = await client.scanDriverLicense("driver-license.jpg");

  if (result.success) {
    const data = result.data;
    console.log(data.document_number);
    console.log(data.given_names, data.surname);
  } else {
    console.error(result.error);
  }
}

main().catch(console.error);

JSON Response Example

Fields are returned when present and legible on the submitted licence; country-specific details may appear in extra_details.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "type": "drivers_license",
    "country_code": "AUS",
    "region": "New South Wales",
    "document_number": "12345678",
    "personal_number": null,
    "surname": "TAYLOR",
    "given_names": "CASEY",
    "sex": null,
    "date_of_birth": "1988-09-21",
    "place_of_birth": null,
    "date_of_issue": "2023-09-21",
    "date_of_expiry": "2028-09-21",
    "date_of_first_issue": null,
    "issuing_authority": "NSW",
    "address": "18 GEORGE ST, SYDNEY NSW 2000",
    "vehicle_class": "C",
    "extra_details": {}
  }
}