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jquery.qrcode.js

jquery.qrcode.js is jquery plugin for a pure browser qrcode generation. It allow you to easily add qrcode to your webpages. It is standalone, less than 4k after minify+gzip, no image download. It doesnt rely on external services which go on and off, or add latency while loading. It is based on a library which build qrcode in various language. jquery.qrcode.js wraps it to make it easy to include in your own code.

Show, don't tell, here is a example

How to Use It

Let me walk you thru it. First include it in your webpage with the usual script tag

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.qrcode.min.js"></script>

Then create a DOM element which gonna contains the generated qrcode image. Lets say a div

<div id="qrcode"></div>

Then you add the qrcode in this container by

jquery('#qrcode').qrcode("this plugin is great");

This is it. see it live.

You can set the height and width of the generated qrcode:

jquery('#qrcode').qrcode({width: 64,height: 64,text: "size doesn't matter"});

Conclusion

jquery.qrcode.js is available on github here under MIT license. If you hit bugs, fill issues on github. Feel free to fork, modify and have fun with it :)