# Google Pay Payment Card Recognition API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-pay-payment-card-recognition-api/  
**Provider:** Google Pay — https://apis.io/providers/google-pay/  
**Base URL:** https://pay.google.com/  
**Documentation:** https://developers.google.com/pay/payment-card-recognition/debit-credit-card-recognition

Google Pay Payment Card Recognition API is one of 9 APIs that [Google Pay](https://apis.io/providers/google-pay/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Android, Card Recognition, OCR, and Payments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

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

## Other Google Pay APIs (8)

- [Google Pay API](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-pay-api/)
- [Google Pay API for Android](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-pay-api-for-android/)
- [Google Wallet API](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-wallet-api/)
- [Google Pay Facilitated Transaction Event API](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-pay-facilitated-transaction-event-api/)
- [Google Pay Virtual Cards API](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-pay-virtual-cards-api/)
- [Google Pay Push Provisioning API](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-pay-push-provisioning-api/)
- [Google Pay India Merchant SDK](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-pay-india-merchant-sdk/)
- [Google Universal Commerce Protocol](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-universal-commerce-protocol/)

## Tags

Android, Card Recognition, OCR, Payments

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/google-pay/google-pay-payment-card-recognition-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/google-pay/.