image_to_data default output type is string

[karladler]

Not sure if this can be updated without breaking backwards compatibility, but I got really confused, that the output type for image_to_data() function is actually string. Regarding to the function name IMHO it should be data.frame.

[stefan6419846]

This is documented explicitly:

pytesseract/pytesseract/pytesseract.py

Lines 526 to 529 in 8ae8f2b

	"""
	Returns string containing box boundaries, confidences,
	and other information. Requires Tesseract 3.05+
	"""

You still can choose between the different representations. I assume that data.frame is not the default as pandas is an optional dependency, thus this might fail.

[bozhodimitrov]

Are you talking about the image_to_data and the param output_type has specific parameter for that one. Please check the docs about the pytesseract.Output class