Google Pay

Google Pay Payment Card Recognition API

Enables Android applications to scan credit and debit cards using the device camera to extract card number and expiration date through on-device optical character recognition. Processing occurs entirely on-device via Google Play Services without requiring camera permissions in the app.

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https://developers.google.com/pay/payment-card-recognition/debit-credit-card-recognition

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Google Pay Payment Card Recognition API
description: Enables Android applications to scan credit and debit cards using the device camera to extract
  card number and expiration date through on-device optical character recognition. Processing occurs entirely
  on-device via Google Play Services without requiring camera permissions in the app.
image: https://developers.google.com/pay/api/images/brand-guidelines/google-pay-mark.png
humanURL: https://developers.google.com/pay/payment-card-recognition/debit-credit-card-recognition
baseURL: https://pay.google.com/
tags:
- Android
- Card Recognition
- OCR
- Payments
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/pay/payment-card-recognition/debit-credit-card-recognition