License Plate Recognition API

Our plate recognition API provides accurate recognition of license plates from images. The API is trained on license plates from over 100 countries and states.

You can use this in conjunction with the Vehicle Plate Decoder API to first decipher the plate number from an image and then retrieve the vehicle's specifications.

POST/platerecognition

License Plate Recognition

This endpoint allows you to retrieve a vehicle's license plate number or registration number from an image of the plate.

Required attributes

Name
key
Type
string
Description
Your CarsXE API key.
Name
body
Type
string
Description
POST body that's a URL to an image of a vehicle's license plate.
Name
upload_url
Type
string
Description
Vehicle image URL. The image must be a direct link to the image of the vehicle including a license plate.

Response attributes

Name
success
Type
boolean
Description
Whether the algorithm has been able to successfully analyze the image.
Name
results
Type
array
Description
A list (array) of "plate" elements or objects, each of which contain the box of where the plate is in the image, a list of candidates with the relative confidence scores, the region and more info.
The confidence score is a probability that the plate in the image matches the values returned
Name
message
Type
string
Description
String detailing error if any.
Name
processing_time
Type
string
Description
How much time it took to process the image.

FAQ

Title
Is the License Plate Recognition API included in the free trial?
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Yes! The Vehicle Plate Recognition API is included in the 7-day free trial. For more information visit our pricing page.

Request

POST

/platerecognition

curl --location 'https://api.carsxe.com/platerecognition?key=CARSXE_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
--data 'https://api.carsxe.com/img/apis/plate_recognition.JPG'

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "",
  "camera_id": null,
  "filename": "04_40_btmpUZGp0s.jpg",
  "processing_time": 226.906,
  "results": [{
    "box": {
        "xmax": 324,
        "xmin": 168,
        "ymax": 707,
        "ymin": 624
    },
    "candidates": [
        {
            "plate": "fd1307",
            "score": 0.906
        },
        {
            "plate": "fd13o7",
            "score": 0.904
        },
        {
            "plate": "fdi307",
            "score": 0.767
        },
        {
            "plate": "fdi3o7",
            "score": 0.765
        }
    ],
    "dscore": 0.697,
    "plate": "fd1307",
    "region": {
        "code": "us",
        "score": 0.436
    },
    "score": 0.906,
    "vehicle": {
        "score": 0.858,
        "type": "Car"
    }
  },{...}],
}