International Visitor Car Rental License OCR

The Requirement

Rental counters accept driver licences from many countries, sometimes with an international driving permit, and staff must record licence details. Foreign licence layouts are unfamiliar, so agents spend time finding the right fields.

Capture Once, Confirm, Then Report

Extract the licence number, name, and expiry from the foreign licence and the passport, and keep permit checks in your rental policy. The driver licence OCR API returns structured JSON, so the same record can feed your forms, reports, and audit trail. Licence validity and permit requirements depend on local law and the rental company’s policy.

Workflow Applications

Server-Side Integration

Send the driver licence image from your backend and keep only the fields your process needs.

import base64
import os
import requests

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

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.structocr.com/v1/driver-license",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["STRUCTOCR_API_KEY"]},
    json={"img": image},
    timeout=30,
)

if response.ok:
    data = response.json()["data"]
    print("document_number:", data.get("document_number"))
    print("date_of_expiry:", data.get("date_of_expiry"))
    print("vehicle_class:", data.get("vehicle_class"))
    print("country_code:", data.get("country_code"))
else:
    print("Retake or review:", response.json().get("error"))

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "document_number": "SAMPLE",
    "date_of_expiry": "1990-01-01",
    "vehicle_class": "SAMPLE",
    "country_code": "SAMPLE"
  }
}