tools/extract_text_from_image.py

import pytesseract
from PIL import Image
from langchain_core.tools import tool

@tool
def extract_text_from_image(image_path: str) -> str:
    """
    Extract text from an image in using the pytesseract library.
    Args:
        image_path (str): the path to the image file.
    """
    try:
        # Open the image
        image = Image.open(image_path)

        # Extract text from the image
        text = pytesseract.image_to_string(image)

        return f"Extracted text from image:\n\n{text}"
    except Exception as e:
        return f"Error extracting text from image: {str(e)}"