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Layer 1 Timeout

Use layer_1_timeout to set a maximum processing time (in seconds) for the OCR engine per page. If the timeout is exceeded, an OCRTimeoutError is raised. This is useful for preventing long-running OCR operations on large or complex documents. 
from upsonic.ocr import OCR
from upsonic.ocr.layer_1.engines import EasyOCREngine

engine = EasyOCREngine(languages=['en'])
ocr = OCR(layer_1_ocr_engine=engine, layer_1_timeout=30.0)

text = ocr.get_text('document.pdf')

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Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
layer_1_timeoutfloat | NoneNoneTimeout in seconds. None means no timeout

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Handling Timeout Errors

When the timeout is exceeded, OCRTimeoutError is raised with error code LAYER1_TIMEOUT. The timeout is applied per page — if page 3 of a 5-page PDF times out, only that page raises the error. 
from upsonic.ocr import OCR, OCRTimeoutError
from upsonic.ocr.layer_1.engines import EasyOCREngine

engine = EasyOCREngine(languages=['en'])
ocr = OCR(layer_1_ocr_engine=engine, layer_1_timeout=30.0)

try:
    text = ocr.get_text("large_file.pdf")
except OCRTimeoutError as e:
    # e.error_code == "LAYER1_TIMEOUT"
    # e.message == "Layer 1 OCR timed out after 30.0s on page 3"
    print(e.message)

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Async Usage

import asyncio
from upsonic.ocr import OCR, OCRTimeoutError
from upsonic.ocr.layer_1.engines import EasyOCREngine

engine = EasyOCREngine(languages=['en'])
ocr = OCR(layer_1_ocr_engine=engine, layer_1_timeout=15.0)

async def main():
    try:
        text = await ocr.get_text_async('document.pdf')
        print(text)
    except OCRTimeoutError as e:
        print(f"Timed out: {e.message}")

asyncio.run(main())