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{
  "name": "Demo01",
  "nodes": [
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      "typeVersion": 1,
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      "id": "769b4a58-661c-4745-8d4b-a1849a2bba3d",
      "name": "When clicking \u2018Execute workflow\u2019"
    },
    {
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        "options": {}
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-tesseractjs.tesseractNode",
      "typeVersion": 1,
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      ],
      "id": "8abd5dfa-b957-4273-bdcb-ccc62bfe65ea",
      "name": "Tesseract"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "operation": "write",
        "fileName": "tekst.txt",
        "dataPropertyName": "=output",
        "options": {}
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      "position": [
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      "name": "Read/Write Files from Disk1"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
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        "sourceProperty": "text",
        "binaryPropertyName": "output",
        "options": {}
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      "id": "27dce1e5-e39b-4d35-9509-2fe1426606c2",
      "name": "Convert to File"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "content": "## VOORBEELD \n**Hier maak ik gebruik van een community plugin . [Link](https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-nodes-tesseractjs)\n- Voeg toe 2x Read/Write\n- Tesseract OCR\n- Text to File Converter (hier zonder is de text niet leesbaar of error geen obj)",
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      "name": "Sticky Note"
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "url": "https://www.barttho.be/data/DevOps.png",
        "options": {
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              "responseFormat": "file"
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          }
        }
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
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      "id": "10b7fd5b-43ba-4ca9-89fc-ba130d2937b0",
      "name": "HTTP Request"
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            "node": "HTTP Request",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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        ]
      ]
    },
    "Convert to File": {
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            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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        ]
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    "HTTP Request": {
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
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    },
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          {
            "node": "Convert to File",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
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  },
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1"
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  "versionId": "f15380a6-81e0-460e-b281-04109989b9c5",
  "id": "WyqCEwsXFV9Zt9LQ",
  "tags": [
    {
      "createdAt": "2025-11-16T21:55:53.755Z",
      "updatedAt": "2025-11-16T21:55:53.755Z",
      "id": "LJ2J1sXAwO63WPOY",
      "name": "OCR"
    }
  ]
}

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About this workflow

Demo01. Uses n8n-nodes-tesseractjs, readWriteFile, httpRequest. Event-driven trigger; 6 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/BartTho/Thomas-More-DevOps/blob/7593df130ce9224baebf0a64e2c5f74c797b2b68/n8n/OCR.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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