To use backend: Use terminal to navigate to directory that holds the manage.py file Into the console type --> python manage.py runserver This runs the backend on your localhost which you can access through "127.0.0.1:8000" on your browser Then download ngrok This allows gives you a live web address that links to your local host Follow ngrok tutorials to get it up and running... Make sure port is the same! Port = the '8000' in '127.0.0.1:8000' ngrok will then show you a web address that looks like 'http://a5452a51.ngrok.io' Finally you can access API by making POST request to '{{ your ngrok url }}/api/' In POST request send data that looks like this --> {'text': returnedTesseractText}