jsqr

What is jsqr?

The jsqr npm package is a JavaScript library for detecting and decoding QR codes from images. It is designed to be lightweight and efficient, making it suitable for use in web applications where QR code scanning functionality is needed.

What are jsqr's main functionalities?

Detect and Decode QR Code from Image Data

This feature allows you to detect and decode a QR code from image data. The `jsQR` function takes the image data, width, and height as input and returns the decoded QR code data if a QR code is found.

const jsQR = require('jsqr');
const imageData = getImageDataFromCanvas(); // Assume this function gets image data from a canvas element
const qrCode = jsQR(imageData.data, imageData.width, imageData.height);
if (qrCode) {
  console.log('Found QR code', qrCode.data);
} else {
  console.log('No QR code found');
}

Other packages similar to jsqr

qrcode-reader

The qrcode-reader package is another JavaScript library for reading QR codes from images. It provides similar functionality to jsqr but also includes additional features like handling different image formats and supporting more complex QR code structures.

qr-scanner

The qr-scanner package is a lightweight library for scanning QR codes using the browser's camera. It is designed for real-time QR code scanning and provides a simple API for integrating QR code scanning functionality into web applications. Compared to jsqr, qr-scanner is more focused on real-time scanning rather than decoding from static images.

README

jsQR

A pure javascript QR code reading library. This library takes in raw images and will locate, extract and parse any QR code found within.

Demo

Installation

NodeJS

npm install jsqr --save

// ES6 import
import jsQR from "jsqr";

// CommonJS require
const jsQR = require("jsqr");

jsQR(...);

Browser

Include jsQR.js.

<script src="jsQR.js"></script>
<script>
  jsQR(...);
</script>

Usage

jsQR exports a method that takes in 3 arguments representing the image data you wish to decode.

const code = jsQR(imageData, width, height);

if (code) {
  console.log("Found QR code", code);
}

Arguments

• imageData - An Uint8ClampedArray of RGBA pixel values in the form [r0, g0, b0, a0, r1, g1, b1, a1, ...]. As such the length of this array should be 4 * width * height. This data is in the same form as the ImageData interface, and it's also commonly returned by node modules for reading images.
• width - The width of the image you wish to decode.
• height The height of the image you wish to decode.

Return value

If a QR is able to be decoded the library will return an object with the following keys.

• binaryData - Uint8ClampedArray - The raw bytes of the QR code.
• data - The string version of the QR code data.
• location - An object with keys describing key points of the QR code. Each key is a point of the form {x: number, y: number}. Has points for the following locations.
  • Corners - topRightCorner/topLeftCorner/bottomRightCorner/bottomLeftCorner;
  • Finder patterns - topRightFinderPattern/topLeftFinderPattern/bottomLeftFinderPattern
  • May also have a point for the bottomRightAlignmentPattern assuming one exists and can be located.

Because the library is written in typescript you can also view the type definitions to understand the API.

Contributing

jsQR is written using typescript. You can view the development source in the src directory.

Tests can be run with

npm test

The test suite is several hundred images that can be found in the test-data/ folder.

Not all the images can be read. In general changes should hope to increase the number of images that read. However due to the nature of computer vision some changes may cause images that pass to start to fail and visa versa. To update the expected outcomes run npm run-script generate-test-data. These outcomes can be evaluated in the context of a PR to determine if a change improves or harms the overall ability of the library to read QR codes.

After testing any changes, you can compile the production version by running

npm run-script build

• Source hosted at GitHub
• Report issues, questions, feature requests on GitHub Issues

Pull requests are welcome! Please create seperate branches for seperate features/patches.