Smart Receipt OCR & Document Management System #375
Description
Description:
Overview
Implement an intelligent receipt scanning and document management system with OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to automatically extract expense data from receipts and store documents securely.
Requirements
Backend - OCR Service
Create ReceiptDocument model with fields: userId, originalImage, processedText, extractedData (merchant, amount, date, items, tax, category), confidence scores, status
Create DocumentStorage model for organized file management with folders, tags, and search indexing
Implement OCR service using Tesseract.js or Google Cloud Vision API
Add receipt parsing logic to extract: merchant name, total amount, date, line items, tax, payment method
Implement duplicate receipt detection using image hashing (perceptual hash)
Backend - API Routes
POST /api/receipts/upload - Upload and process receipt image
GET /api/receipts - List all receipts with filtering
GET /api/receipts/:id - Get receipt details with extracted data
POST /api/receipts/:id/confirm - Confirm and create expense from receipt
PUT /api/receipts/:id/correct - Manually correct OCR data
DELETE /api/receipts/:id - Delete receipt
GET /api/receipts/search - Full-text search across receipts
AI Enhancement