Container OCR API for Australian Logistics

The Reality of Terminal Gate OCR in Australia

Capturing container codes at active Australian terminal gates presents extreme environmental challenges. Cameras endure intense coastal sunlight, extreme heat, and high-glare conditions that cause standard scanners to fail. When combined with 180-degree inverted text from top-down crane cameras and deep structural shadows on corrugated metal, maintaining high throughput becomes critical. For a deeper dive into overcoming these specific environmental hurdles, see our core Container OCR capabilities.

StructOCR: Built for the Yard, Deployed at the Edge

Engineered strictly as a high-performance REST API to ensure seamless integration into your existing systems without heavy SDK dependencies, this endpoint is powered by our Logistics Container OCR engine. It features complete rotation invariance—automatically reading upside-down text without pre-processing. The engine applies strict ISO 6346 validation to verify the owner code and calculate the check digit, guaranteeing data integrity before it reaches your TOS.

Core Applications for the APAC Market

Integration & AI Prompts

Call the endpoint directly via HTTP. The API flexibly accepts standard image URLs, direct multipart file uploads, or Base64-encoded strings to minimize network latency on edge networks.

import requests
import base64

# Prepare Base64 Image from local CCTV capture
with open("ccr_brisbane_lane2.jpg", "rb") as image_file:
    base64_image = base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode('utf-8')

url = "https://api.structocr.com/v1/container"
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
payload = {
    "img": base64_image
}

try:
    print("Scanning Gate Capture...")
    response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
    result = response.json()

    if result.get('success'):
        data = result['data']['parsed']
        print("✅ Container Code Extracted!")
        print(f"Full Number:  {data.get('owner_code')}{data.get('category')}{data.get('serial_number')}-{data.get('check_digit')}")
        print(f"Valid ISO:    {data.get('is_valid')}")
        print(f"Confidence:   {result['data'].get('confidence')}")
    else:
        print(f"❌ Extraction Failed: {result.get('error')} - {result.get('message')}")

except Exception as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "container_number": "ZCSU8921655",
    "is_valid": true,
    "confidence": "High",
    "parsed": {
      "owner_code": "ZCS",
      "category": "U",
      "serial_number": "892165",
      "check_digit": "5"
    }
  }
}