Azure AI Document Intelligence

Azure AI Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) is Microsoft's cloud document understanding service. It exposes prebuilt models for invoices, receipts, IDs, business cards, tax forms and contracts, plus a layout/OCR Read model and a Custom-model framework for fine-tuned extraction. The 2024- 11-30 GA REST API is the current stable surface; preview APIs add Custom Generative Extraction.

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Azure AI Document Intelligence REST API

REST API for document Read (OCR), Layout, prebuilt models (Invoice, Receipt, ID, Business Card, W2, Contract, Health Insurance Card etc.), Custom Classifiers and Custom Extracto...

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aid: azure-document-intelligence
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-document-intelligence/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Azure AI Document Intelligence
x-type: company
description: >-
  Azure AI Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) is Microsoft's cloud
  document understanding service. It exposes prebuilt models for invoices,
  receipts, IDs, business cards, tax forms and contracts, plus a layout/OCR
  Read model and a Custom-model framework for fine-tuned extraction. The 2024-
  11-30 GA REST API is the current stable surface; preview APIs add Custom
  Generative Extraction.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - AI
  - Document AI
  - Azure
  - IDP
  - OCR
  - Microsoft
  - REST
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: azure-doc-intel:rest
    name: Azure AI Document Intelligence REST API
    description: >-
      REST API for document Read (OCR), Layout, prebuilt models (Invoice,
      Receipt, ID, Business Card, W2, Contract, Health Insurance Card etc.),
      Custom Classifiers and Custom Extractors. Authenticated via Azure
      subscription key or Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
    baseURL: https://<your-resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com
    tags:
      - REST
      - OCR
      - Layout
      - Custom Models
      - Prebuilt Models
      - Azure
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aiservices/document-models/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/azure-document-intelligence-openapi.json
      - type: OpenAPISource
        url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
      - type: SDK
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/sdk-overview
      - type: ServiceLimits
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/service-limits
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-document-intelligence
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/document-intelligence/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/document-intelligence/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/ai/data-plane/DocumentIntelligence
  - type: AzurePortal
    url: https://portal.azure.com/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/azure-document-intelligence-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/azure-document-intelligence-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/azure-document-intelligence-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]