I Built a Receipt-Image to JSON Converter (+ Line-Items)
Hi HN, I'm proud to show you that I've finally managed to create a Receipt-Image to JSON converter, including line-items! Over the past 10 years, I have periodically tried (every ~3 years or so) to convert Receipt-Images to JSON. What particularly interested me were the line-items. It began with a Bachelor's project where we wanted to track prices by extracting product prices from line items. However, it was not feasible to ask users to type them all into our platform. I quickly realized this process was way too tedious. Only when taking a picture is all that is required, would such a…
I Built a Receipt-Image to JSON Converter (+ Line-Items) launched on December 14, 2023 with 28 votes, #802 of 3,780 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
A tool that converts photographs of receipts into structured JSON data, including detailed line-item information. Designed for accountants and developers building expense tracking systems, it eliminates manual data entry by automatically extracting product prices and receipt details from images. The software addresses a long-standing problem of capturing receipt data efficiently at scale.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Digitize your receipt. Line-Items included!
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, I'm proud to show you that I've finally managed to create a Receipt-Image to JSON converter, including line-items! Over the past 10 years, I have periodically tried (every ~3 years or so) to convert Receipt-Images to JSON. What particularly interested me were the line-items. It began with a Bachelor's project…
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