qrcode-generator

QR Code Generator

Getting Started

1. Include qrcode.js in your html.
2. Prepare a place holder.
3. Generate QR and render it.

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

<div id="placeHolder"></div>

var typeNumber = 4;
var errorCorrectionLevel = 'L';
var qr = qrcode(typeNumber, errorCorrectionLevel);
qr.addData('Hi!');
qr.make();
document.getElementById('placeHolder').innerHTML = qr.createImgTag();

API Documentation

QRCodeFactory

qrcode(typeNumber, errorCorrectionLevel) => QRCode

Create a QRCode Object.

Param	Type	Description
typeNumber	number	Type number (1 ~ 40), or 0 for auto detection.
errorCorrectionLevel	string	Error correction level ('L', 'M', 'Q', 'H')

qrcode.stringToBytes(s) : number[]

Encodes a string into an array of number(byte) using any charset. This function is used by internal. Overwrite this function to encode using a multibyte charset.

Param	Type	Description
s	string	string to encode

QRCode

addData(data, mode) => void

Add a data to encode.

Param	Type	Description
data	string	string to encode
mode	string	Mode ('Numeric', 'Alphanumeric', 'Byte'(default), 'Kanji')

make() => void

Make a QR Code.

getModuleCount() => number

The number of modules(cells) for each orientation. [Note] call make() before this function.

isDark(row, col) => boolean

The module at row and col is dark or not. [Note] call make() before this function.

Param	Type	Description
row	number	0 ~ moduleCount - 1
col	number	0 ~ moduleCount - 1

createDataURL(cellSize, margin) => string

createImgTag(cellSize, margin, alt) => string

createSvgTag(cellSize, margin) => string

createTableTag(cellSize, margin) => string

createASCII(cellSize, margin) => string

Helper functions for HTML. [Note] call make() before these functions.

Param	Type	Description
cellSize	number	default: 2
margin	number	default: cellSize * 4
alt	string	(optional)

createSvgTag(opts) => string

Param	Type	Description
opts	object	default: {}
opts.cellSize	number	default: 2
opts.margin	number	default: cellSize * 4
opts.scalable	boolean	default: false

renderTo2dContext(context, cellSize) => void

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This implementation is based on JIS X 0510:1999.

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