Saudi Arabia Vehicle Registration OCR with Python SDK

Reading the Saudi Arabia vehicle registration (Istimara)

The Saudi Istimara is printed mainly in Arabic. Its plate combines three Arabic letters with up to four digits, and the document carries a separate sequence number (الرقم التسلسلي), usually nine digits, which identifies the registration and is easily confused with the plate number. It also shows the chassis number, make, model year and plate type.

A Server-Side Python Workflow

The StructOCR Vehicle Registration OCR API returns standardized fields for every country (VIN, plate, make, model, year and colour) and a localized block for country-specific fields. Saudi plate details are returned under localized.saudi.tga_plate_details, including the sequence number, the three plate letters and the plate type. For the business use cases, see Saudi Istimara full-field OCR.

Where Teams Use It

• Motor insurance: Prefill policy data with the sequence number and plate from the Istimara.
• Car rental and leasing: Register vehicles and renewals without retyping Arabic fields.
• Fleet operators: Keep plate, sequence number and chassis number in one record per vehicle.

Saudi Arabia Vehicle Registration OCR with Python SDK

The official Python SDK reads a local file and calls /v1/vehicle-registration. The API reference documents every field.

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

import os
from structocr import StructOCR

client = StructOCR(os.environ["STRUCTOCR_API_KEY"])
result = client.scan_vehicle_registration("registration.jpg")

if result.get("success"):
    data = result["data"]
    std = data["standardized"]
    print(std["vin"], std["plate"]["formatted"], std["make_normalized"], std["year"])
    print(data["localized"])
else:
    print(result.get("error"))

JSON Response Example

An illustrative response with fictional values.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "document": {
      "country_code": "SA",
      "document_type": "VEHICLE_REGISTRATION",
      "confidence_score": 0.94
    },
    "standardized": {
      "vin": "MR0HA3CD9N0123456",
      "plate": {
        "number": "1234",
        "letters_normalized": "A B J",
        "formatted": "A B J 1234"
      },
      "make_raw": "تويوتا",
      "make_normalized": "TOYOTA",
      "model_raw": "هايلكس",
      "model_normalized": "HILUX",
      "year": 2022,
      "color_raw": "أبيض",
      "color_normalized": "WHITE"
    },
    "localized": {
      "saudi": {
        "tga_plate_details": {
          "sequence_number": "123456789",
          "letter_right": "ا",
          "letter_middle": "ب",
          "letter_left": "ح",
          "number": "1234",
          "plate_type_raw": "خصوصي",
          "plate_type_normalized": "PRIVATE"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}