Using the USDOT Cloud API

Our Cloud API provides an easy way to integrate USDOT OCR into your application without the need to host your own infrastructure.

API Request

To use the Cloud API, you need to send a POST request to our API endpoint with your API token in the headers.

Here is an example of how to call the API using curl:

# Get a picture
curl -o usdot.jpg https://app.platerecognizer.com/static/usdot_demo.jpg

curl -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  https://usdot.parkpow.com/api/v1/predict/

Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with your actual API token. You can find your API token in your USDOT account.

Parameters

The Cloud API supports the same parameters as the On-Premise version. For a full list of parameters, see the Parameters page.