Singapore Work Permit

Singapore Work Permit is a document or a pass for foreigners that offers and validates their right to work in Singapore.

Before using the Singapore Work Permit OCR service, please review the OCR limitations that may affect text recognition accuracy.

Singapore Work Permit Object

Name
status
Type
string
Description
Enum code indicating the status of the reading result.
1. SUCCESS
2. NO_FILE
3. FILE_INVALID_FORMAT
4. FAILED
Name
reason
Type
string
Description
A human-readable message providing more details about the reading result.
Name
images
Type
object
Description
Contains the cropped image (in base64 format) of face in document.
- Name
  photo
  Type
  string
  Description
  Face in base64 format.
Name
read
Type
object
Description
Contains the reading for each Singapore Work Permit fields. Each fields has confidence (in percentage) and value (the reading).
- Name
  card_number
  Type
  object
  Description
  Card number.
- Name
  card_type
  Type
  object
  Description
  Card type.
- Name
  date_of_apply
  Type
  object
  Description
  Date of application.
- Name
  date_of_birth
  Type
  object
  Description
  Date of birth.
- Name
  date_of_expiry
  Type
  object
  Description
  Date of expiry.
- Name
  date_of_issue
  Type
  object
  Description
  Date of issue.
- Name
  employer
  Type
  object
  Description
  Employer.
- Name
  fin
  Type
  object
  Description
  Foreign identification number.
- Name
  location
  Type
  object
  Description
  Location.
- Name
  name
  Type
  object
  Description
  Name.
- Name
  nationality
  Type
  object
  Description
  Nationality.
- Name
  occupation
  Type
  object
  Description
  Occupation.
- Name
  sector
  Type
  object
  Description
  Sector.
- Name
  sex
  Type
  object
  Description
  Sex.
- Name
  work_permit_no
  Type
  object
  Description
  Work permit number.

POST/ocr/v1/singapore-work-permit

Read Singapore Work Permit

Detects a valid Singapore Work Permit image and returns the information as text.

Required parameter

Name
image
Type
file (.png, .jpg, .jpeg)
Description
The image file for the Singapore Work Permit.

Sample Request

POST

/ocr/v1/singapore-work-permit


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    import ApiClient from '@glair/vision';

const vision = new Vision({ apiKey: 'api-key', username: 'username', password: 'password' });

await vision.ocr.singaporeWorkPermit({ image: '/path/to/image/WorkPermit.jpg' });

Sample Response


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    {
  "images": {
    "photo": "iVBOR...."
  },
  "read": {
    "card_number": {
      "confidence": 99,
      "value": "P8402957"
    },
    "card_type": {
      "confidence": 97,
      "value": "WORK PERMIT"
    },
    "date_of_apply": {
      "confidence": 98,
      "value": "01-08-2012"
    },
    "date_of_birth": {
      "confidence": 0,
      "value": ""
    },
    "date_of_expiry": {
      "confidence": 99,
      "value": "15-08-2013"
    },
    "date_of_issue": {
      "confidence": 96,
      "value": "15-08-2012"
    },
    "employer": {
      "confidence": 93,
      "value": "ABC CONSTRUCTION PTE. LTD."
    },
    "fin": {
      "confidence": 0,
      "value": ""
    },
    "location": {
      "confidence": 0,
      "value": ""
    },
    "name": {
      "confidence": 99,
      "value": "STEVEN THORNTON"
    },
    "nationality": {
      "confidence": 0,
      "value": ""
    },
    "occupation": {
      "confidence": 97,
      "value": "SENIOR SOFTWARE CONSULTANT"
    },
    "sector": {
      "confidence": 99,
      "value": "BANKING"
    },
    "sex": {
      "confidence": 0,
      "value": ""
    },
    "work_permit_no": {
      "confidence": 98,
      "value": "6 21261581"
    }
  },
  "reason": "File successfully read.",
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}

Request ID

An associated request identifier is generated for every request made to this endpoint. This value can be found in the response headers under Request-Id

Responses

Various responses for this endpoint, in addition to general responses specified in Errors.

`200 - OK`

Request with readable Singapore Work Permit image

Response


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    {
  "status": "SUCCESS",
  "reason": "File successfully read.",
  //...,
}

`400 - Bad Request`

Request without form-data image

Response


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    {
  "status": "NO_FILE",
  "reason": "No file in request body. Some fields are invalid.",
  //...,
}

`415 - Unsupported Media Type`

Request with non-image file format

Response


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    {
  "status": "FILE_INVALID_FORMAT",
  "reason": "Failed to process invalid file format. Please upload the correct file format. Some fields are invalid.",
  //...,
}