CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ionic-frameworkionic2
Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Smith

Reputation: 11

How to integrate Anyline OCR SDK made for Cordova into Ionic2

I´m new to Ionic2, but experienced in web development. Just learning new platform at the moment.

So I have tried to integrate the Anyline OCR SDK https://github.com/Anyline/anyline-ocr-cordova-module

but I am failing, it seems to me that the plugin is written in Javascript and not compatible with TS but I´m not sure...

Is there anyone out there that could help?

Thanks,

Ben

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1406

Answers (1)

Romanow
Romanow

Reputation: 124

Not sure if you still need help with that, but for those out there who are looking for a working solution, here is mine:

1 - Add the Anyline Plugin to your project cordova plugin add io-anyline-cordova

2 - Create a new file ionic g provider anyline

3 - add this code to your anyline.ts file:

export class OCR {

constructor() {
    if (anylineScan === undefined) {
        var anylineScan = {};
    }
}

anylineScan = {

    onResult: function (result) {
        console.log("MRZ result: " + JSON.stringify(result));
        //do what you want here with the result
    },

    onError: function (error) {
        console.log("scanning error");
    },

    scan: function () {
        var licenseKey = "enterYourLicenceKeyHere";
        try {
            (<any>window).cordova.exec(this.onResult, this.onError, "AnylineSDK", "OCR", [licenseKey, {
                "captureResolution":"1080p",
                //your other config setting here
            }]);
        }
        catch (e){
            console.log("Cannot open scan view: ERROR occurred");
        }
    }
}

4 - Add the file references to your app.module.ts file

import { OCR } from '../yourFolderName/anyline';
...
providers: [Storage, OCR]

5 - In your page.ts file add the following call:

this.anyline.anylineScan.scan();

Important! It will not work in the browser, make sure you run ionic platform add ios (or android) and run the app on a device.

This should work!

Good luck and happy coding :-)

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions