Update app.py

app.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from dotenv import load_dotenv
 # OCR Imports (EasyOCR)
 import easyocr
 from pdf2image import convert_from_bytes
+import numpy as np
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 CORS(app, resources={r"/*": {"origins": "*"}})
@@ -91,17 +92,18 @@ def extract_text_with_pypdf2(pdf_file):
 
 
 def extract_text_with_easyocr(pdf_bytes):
-    """Extract text from scanned PDF using EasyOCR."""
     images = convert_from_bytes(pdf_bytes, dpi=150)
     full_text = ""
 
     for img in images:
-        # EasyOCR expects numpy array or image path, pdf2image gives PIL image
+        img_np = np.array(img)   # PIL -> numpy array
+
         result = easyocr_reader.readtext(
-            img,
+            img_np,
             detail=0,
             paragraph=True
         )
+
         full_text += "\n".join(result) + "\n"
 
     return full_text.strip()