OCR Xpress for Node.js can output files directly to the local file system.

Set the format field of the parameters object to define the file output format needed:

• 'text' - Plain text.
• 'PDF' - Portable Document Format.

Set mode field of parameters object to define whether you want to append or overwrite existing files:

• 'append' - Append or create.
• 'overwrite' - Overwrite or create.
  

// Set file output format
params = {
    format: 'text',
    mode: 'append'
};

Available Export Formats

The available export formats are:

• Text - UTF-8 encoded with whitespace inserted between words and text lines.
• PDF - Image over text, PDF version 1.5.