QR Codes

Create QR Codes using the qrcode Python library

Quick Start

1. Clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/1homas/QR_Codes.git

2. Create your Python environment

   pip install pipenv          # Python virtual environment manager
   pipenv install --python 3.9 # Python 3.9+ is currently recommended
   pipenv install pillow       # Python Imaging Library
   pipenv install qrcode       # QR Code library
   pipenv shell                # launch the environment

URL QR Code

1. Generate a Text QR code for a URL :

   # PNG
   qr "https://github.com/1homas/QR_Codes" > QR_Code.png
   
   # SVG
   qr --factory=svg "https://github.com/1homas/QR_Codes" > QR_Code.svg
   
   # ASCII Characters
   qr --ascii "https://github.com/1homas/QR_Codes" > QR_Code.txt

2. Preview the images in your OS or a browser and cat the QR_Code.txt file in a terminal with a monospaced font to view it properly:

cat QR_Code.txt

    █▀▀▀▀▀█  ▀  ▄█▄▄▀██▀▄ █▀▀▀▀▀█
    █ ███ █  ▄▄▀██▄▄▀▀▄▀▀ █ ███ █
    █ ▀▀▀ █ ▄▄▄ ▀██ ▀ ▀▄▄ █ ▀▀▀ █
    ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▄█▄█ █ ▀▄█ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
    ▀ ▄█▄█▀▄██▄ ▀ ▄█▀▄▄▀▄▀▄▀ ▄  ▄
    █▀█▀ █▀▀ ▄██▄ ▄ ▀▀██▄▀  █▀██
    █ █▀▄█▀█▄ ▄ █    ▀▀▄ █▀  ▀ ▀▀
    ▀▀ ▀ ▄▀▄▄ █▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █▄█▀▀█▀█▀
    ▀  █▀▄▀▄█▀██▀▀▀ ▄ ▄ █▄▄█ ▄ ▀▄
    ▀ ██▄ ▀▀▄▄▀▀▄█ ▄▀▄█ ▄█ ██  ██
    ▀ ▀▀  ▀ █▄▄▄▀▄▀ ██▄██▀▀▀█ █▄▄
    █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄█ ▄ █▀ █▀▀ █ ▀ █▄▄█▄
    █ ███ █ ▄▄█▀▀▄█▀▀ ▄▄█▀███▄▄▄▀
    █ ▀▀▀ █  ▀ ▀▀▀▀  ▄▄██▄  █▀▀▄▀
    ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀     ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀

URL Code with Logo Image

1. Edit the qr_urls.py script with your document names and URLs

2. Save an image named logo.png for the logo in PNG format

3. Run the script:

   qr_urls.py

4. Then view the generated image:

   

WiFi QR Code

1. Edit the qr_wifi.py script with your SSID parameters

2. Run the script and optionally redirect the HTML output to a file

   qr_wifi.py
   qr_wifi.py > SSID.html

License

This repository is licensed under the MIT License.