@germesdev/qr-image

qr-image

This is yet another QR Code generator.

Overview

• No dependecies;
• generate image in png, svg, eps and pdf formats;
• numeric and alphanumeric modes;
• support UTF-8.

Releases

Installing

npm install qr-image

Usage

Example:

var qr = require('qr-image');

var qr_svg = qr.image('I love QR!', { type: 'svg' });
qr_svg.pipe(require('fs').createWriteStream('i_love_qr.svg'));

var svg_string = qr.imageSync('I love QR!', { type: 'svg' });

Example For generate images in client side:

var qr = require('qr-image');
router.get('/qr', function(){
  var code = qr.image('http://www.google.com', { type: 'png' });
  res.setHeader('Content-type', 'image/png');  //sent qr image to client side
  code.pipe(res);
});

then in the html files:

<img src="/qr" alt="qrcode">

More examples

qr = require('qr-image')

Methods

• qr.image(text, [ec_level | options]) — Readable stream with image data;
• qr.imageSync(text, [ec_level | options]) — string with image data. (Buffer for png);
• qr.svgObject(text, [ec_level | options]) — object with SVG path and size;
• qr.matrix(text, [ec_level]) — 2D array.

Options

• text — text to encode;
• ec_level — error correction level. One of L, M, Q, H. Default M.
• options — image options object:
  • ec_level — default M.
  • type — image type. Possible values png (default), svg, pdf and eps.
  • size (png and svg only) — size of one module in pixels. Default 5 for png and undefined for svg.
  • margin — white space around QR image in modules. Default 4 for png and 1 for others.
  • customize (only png) — function to customize qr bitmap before encoding to PNG.
  • parse_url (experimental, default false) — try to optimize QR-code for URLs.

Changes

• Use zlib.deflateSync instead of pako.
• Fix deprecation warning for NodeJS 7.

TODO

• Tests;
• mixing modes;
• Kanji (???).