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Get a license, run FineParser with Docker, and parse your first document into DocLang in under five minutes.

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Before you begin

  • Docker installed and running
  • A PDF or image file to parse
  • A FineParser license file. Sign up for a plan at fineparser.ai and you receive a .fineparserlicense file. See Licenses and plans.
  • Outbound access to ABBYY’s license server. If your network restricts egress, allow the ranges listed under Network requirements first.
1

Get a license

Sign up for a plan at fineparser.ai. The Free plan gives you 1,000 pages per month. You receive one .fineparserlicense file for your account.
2

Start FineParser

Pass the contents of your license file in the FINEPARSER_LICENSE_DATA environment variable and publish port 8080:
The volume holds parsed results. Without it they vanish when the container does.Then confirm the license was accepted:
If ready is false, the response’s detail field says why. See Confirming the license.
3

Submit a document

FineParser accepts the document and returns a job ID right away:
4

Wait for it to finish

Poll the job with its ID until status is successful:
A one-page invoice takes a few seconds. If status is failed, the response includes an error explaining why.
5

Download the result

Append the file value to /jobs/:
The file is the document’s structure and text in DocLang:
Swap doclang for json or txt in the submit step to change the format.

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Next steps

REST API

Submit, poll, download, and every response code.

Output formats

DocLang, JSON, or plain text.

Configuration

Recognition mode, languages, and ports.

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