Convert Receipt to Avro

Receipts show important info about what you buy and how you pay. Our system can pull structured data from many types of receipts. We can handle PDFs, images like PNG or JPEG, and scanned documents. We capture all the key details you usually find on store or service receipts.

We can pull out these main parts:

• Store name and address
• When you bought it
• List of what you bought (including name, how many, unit, and price)
• Subtotal, tax, and total amounts
• How you paid

This is really helpful for:

• Tracking and managing expenses
• Automating bookkeeping and financial records
• Automating data entry from paper or digital receipts
• Financial analysis and reporting

By pulling data from different receipt formats, you can easily digitize and organize your financial records. This saves time and cuts down on data entry mistakes. You can then use this data in accounting software, expense reports, or other financial management systems.

Avro is a row-based data serialization system developed within Apache's Hadoop project. It provides rich data structures and a compact, fast binary data format.

Technical Details

Avro uses JSON for defining data schemas, which are stored with the data. This enables schema evolution while maintaining compatibility. The data itself is stored in a compact binary format.

Advantages

• Compact binary serialization
• Schema definition included with the data
• Support for schema evolution
• Dynamic typing and code generation

Limitations

• Not human-readable without special tools
• Less widely supported than formats like JSON or CSV
• More complex to implement than simpler formats
• Less efficient for columnar queries than Parquet