Serverless AI-Powered Document Analysis
Platform
1. Project Overview
The Serverless AI-Powered Document Analysis Platform is a cloud-
native application designed to automate the extraction and analysis of
textual data from uploaded documents such as invoices, resumes, and
contracts. The system leverages AI and NLP capabilities to identify key
entities, summarize content, and visualize results on a real-time web
dashboard. By adopting a serverless architecture, the project achieves
scalability, cost efficiency, and maintenance-free infrastructure.
All tools and services used are based on free-tier or open-source
resources to ensure cost efficiency and accessibility.
2. Objectives
To build an intelligent document analysis system using cloud-based AI
services and open tools.
To design a fully serverless architecture eliminating manual server
management.
To automatically extract, analyze, and store insights from user-
uploaded documents.
To visualize processed results in a real-time React dashboard.
To ensure data security, reliability, and scalability using freely
available technologies.
3. System Architecture
3.1 Architecture Flow
1. User Upload: User uploads a document (PDF, image, or Word file) via
a web interface.
2. API Gateway: The upload request is routed through a secure API
layer.
3. Cloud Storage: The document is stored in a storage bucket (AWS S3
free tier or MinIO open-source equivalent).
4. Lambda Trigger: The upload triggers an AWS Lambda (free-tier) or
OpenFaaS function automatically.
5. Text Extraction: Function calls AWS Textract (free tier) or
Tesseract OCR (open source) to extract text and structure.
6. NLP Processing: Extracted text is analyzed using AWS Comprehend
(free tier) or a BERT model from Hugging Face deployed on a local
container.
7. Data Storage: Processed results (entities, keywords, summary) are
stored in DynamoDB (free tier) or MongoDB Atlas (free plan).
8. Frontend Visualization: A React.js dashboard fetches data
through the REST API and displays insights.
3.2 Architecture Diagram (Description)
User → React Web App → API Gateway → S3 / MinIO
↓
Lambda / OpenFaaS Function
/ \
Textract / Tesseract BERT / Comprehend
↓
DynamoDB / MongoDB
↓
React Dashboard
4. Technology Stack
Layer Technology Purpose
Frontend React.js, Tailwind CSS File upload interface
and dashboard
visualization
Backend/API API Gateway (AWS / FastAPI) Secure REST API access
for uploads and queries
Compute AWS Lambda / OpenFaaS Event-driven document
processing (serverless)
Storage Amazon S3 / MinIO Document storage and
trigger source
Database AWS DynamoDB / MongoDB Stores processed text,
Atlas metadata, and results
AI/NLP AWS Textract / Tesseract OCR Text extraction and
Services + AWS Comprehend / Hugging entity recognition
Face BERT
Authenticatio JWT / OAuth2 User authentication and
n (Optional) access control
Deployment AWS SAM / Terraform / Docker Infrastructure
automation using
free/open tools
5. Functional Modules
5.1 Upload Module
Allows users to upload documents in formats like PDF, JPG, or DOCX.
Sends files securely to the cloud storage service.
5.2 Extraction Module
Triggered automatically by file upload events.
Uses OCR (Textract or Tesseract) to extract textual data.
5.3 NLP Analysis Module
Identifies key entities: Names, Dates, Amounts, Organizations, etc.
Summarizes content using NLP models.
Classifies document type (invoice, resume, contract, etc.).
5.4 Storage & Retrieval Module
Stores the extracted data and metadata in DynamoDB or MongoDB.
Provides APIs to query and retrieve processed results.
5.5 Visualization Dashboard
React dashboard displays entity highlights, summaries, and statistics.
Real-time updates using REST calls.
6. Database Design
Table: Documents
Attribute Type Description
FileID String Unique identifier for
each uploaded file
FileName String Original document
name
ExtractedText String Full extracted text
from document
Entities JSON Key-value pairs of
identified entities
Summary String Generated
summary of the
document
UploadTime Timestamp Time of upload and
processing
Category String Document type
Attribute Type Description
(Invoice, Resume,
Contract)
7. Workflow Summary
1. Step 1: User uploads document via frontend.
2. Step 2: File stored in S3 → Lambda Triggered.
3. Step 3: Lambda executes OCR and NLP.
4. Step 4: Results saved to DynamoDB.
5. Step 5: React dashboard fetches and displays data.
8. Security Measures
IAM Roles: Restrict permissions for storage and compute access.
JWT Tokens: API authentication for user access.
Encryption: S3 and DynamoDB encryption for data at rest.
HTTPS: Secure communication between client and server.
9. Advantages
Completely Free or Low-Cost: Uses AWS free-tier and open-source
equivalents.
Scalable: Serverless functions scale automatically.
Maintenance-Free: No manual server management.
AI-Powered: Combines OCR and NLP for advanced insights.
Reusable: Can be adapted for multiple industries and use cases.
10. Future Enhancements
Integrate AWS Translate or Open Source Translation APIs for
multilingual document support.
Add email/SMS notifications (free-tier SNS or Twilio trial API) when
processing completes.
Extend data visualization with entity trends and frequency analytics.
Implement a custom fine-tuned BERT model for specialized
document domains.
Enable batch processing using Step Functions or job queues.
11. Expected Outcomes
Automated and scalable document processing pipeline.
Intelligent extraction and classification of document content.
Significant reduction in manual data entry effort.
Fully deployable on cloud free-tier infrastructure.
12. References
AWS Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/
AWS Textract and Comprehend Developer Guides
Open Source: Tesseract OCR (https://github.com/tesseract-ocr)
Hugging Face Transformers Library
Serverless Framework and AWS SAM Documentation
Prepared by: Lakshmi Sripriya Kondeti
Project Title: Serverless AI-Powered Document Analysis Platform
Date: [Insert Date]
