ISO 8601 Passport Date Parsing API

import requests
import base64
from datetime import datetime

# 📚 Developer Docs: https://structocr.com/developers/passport-ocr

# Note: StructOCR is strictly API-first. Send Base64 natively 
# without installing any complex date-parsing SDKs.

with open("traveler_passport.jpg", "rb") as image_file:
    base64_image = base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode('utf-8')

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

try:
    # Processed securely at the Cloudflare edge
    response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
    result = response.json()

    if result.get('success'):
        print("✅ ISO 8601 Extraction Complete!\n")
        core = result['data']
        
        dob = core.get('date_of_birth')
        expiry = core.get('date_of_expiry')
        
        print(f"Holder: {core.get('given_names')} {core.get('surname')}")
        print(f"DOB:    {dob} (Ready for DB insertion)")
        print(f"Expiry: {expiry}")
        
        # Easy deterministic date logic in Python
        if datetime.strptime(expiry, "%Y-%m-%d") > datetime.now():
            print("Status: 🟢 Document is currently valid.")
        else:
            print("Status: 🔴 Document has expired.")
    else:
        print(f"❌ Extraction Failed")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")