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Read a label

Barcode, net quantity, dates, lot, ingredients, allergens, nutrition and more, from up to 8 photos of one product.

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How it works

Photos of one product are read together: barcodes and their GS1 data, net quantity, dates, lot, ingredients, EU allergens, nutrition per 100 g, alcohol, age and vintage, fabric, voltage and power. Each field keeps the text it came from. Labels in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Croatian.

It takes
Up to 8 photos of one product, read together.
You get
The label’s facts as fields, each with the text it came from.
Cost
1 credit a photo

In the API

One request a photo, with an API key from the console. POST /v1/label

curl -X POST "https://api.photos.sh/v1/label" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PHOTOS_KEY" \
  -F image=@front.jpg \
  -F image=@back.jpg

More tools to read the product

  • Read barcodesEAN, UPC and ITF-14 codes with their check digits verified; QR and others on request.
  • Read textEvery line of text in a photo, with where it is, in many languages.
  • Find facesWhere each face is, with its eyes, nose and mouth: check photos for people before you publish them.
  • Find the coloursThe main colours of a photo, most common first, with their codes and how much of it each covers.
  • Describe the photoA description of the photo in English, written by AI: a caption, alt text for your shop, or a paragraph to start a listing from.

Try it on your own photos.

Create an account, buy a pack when you need one, and drop your first photos into Read a label.

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