Web Scanner SDK for Passport & ID Document Capture

More than opening a camera.

Opening a camera in a browser is easy. Knowing when the frame is actually good enough for OCR is not. The SDK evaluates every frame before it accepts a capture.

Don't capture a photo just because a document is visible. Capture it when the image is usable.

Why this matters for recognition — Why good document capture matters for OCR accuracy; how the scanner works inside — Inside Misfora's Document Capture Engine.

From browser camera to structured data.

The SDK sends the captured image to the Misfora OCR API and hands your page the result: the extracted fields, a validation result for every field, a review_recommended signal — and the captured document image itself.

Your application decides what to do next: fill a form, ask a person to check, or request another capture.

Your users don't have to guess when to take the photo.

The scanner opens full-screen on top of your page and guides the user in real time.

Camera capture is not the same on every phone.

The capture engine is tuned on real devices, not on a single ideal test phone.

Tested on entry-level, mid-range and flagship phones — including POCO C65, Redmi A3, Samsung Galaxy A37, iPhone 8 and iPhone 17 Pro. See the full list of tested devices.

You configure the experience — document types, language, callbacks. Misfora maintains the capture engine and its thresholds.

Web Scanner SDK or OCR API?

Both use the same recognition. The difference is who captures the image.

The SDK always uses the Misfora OCR API for recognition — it is not a standalone capture-only component.

A simple integration can start with a few lines of code.

Your backend creates a short-lived session; your page opens the scanner with it.

1 · Backend — create a short-lived session

# Your server — your secret API key never reaches the browser
curl -X POST https://misfora.com/v1/sdk/session \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MISFORA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"allowed_profiles": ["passport", "id_card"], "expires_in": 300}'

# → { "token": "msf_sdk_…", "expires_at": "…" }

2 · Frontend — open the scanner

<script src="https://misfora.com/sdk/v1/misfora-sdk.js"></script>
<script>
  Misfora.scan({
    token,                               // from your backend
    documents: ["passport", "id_card"],
    onComplete(result) {
      // result.document, result.validation, result.review_recommended,
      // result.image (the captured document), result.captureMethod
    },
    onError(error) {
      // e.g. "session_expired" → create a new session
    },
  });
</script>

Every option, the result object, error codes and the integration checklist: read the SDK documentation.

Your API key stays on your server.

Documents are not stored by Misfora.

Passports and ID cards.

Supported document formats: ICAO TD3 passports and ICAO TD1 ID cards with machine-readable zones (MRZ).

The SDK uses document types, not country names, so the same integration works across markets. See the supported documents and countries.

For web applications that need document capture.

Hospitality is our first market; the same technology works for other identity-document workflows. The SDK is a document capture and OCR component — not a complete identity-verification or KYC platform.

See the same capture engine in action.

Why capture quality matters for OCR: how blur affects passport OCR.

Free test access. Simple volume pricing.

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