steenzout.barcode

steenzout.barcode

This repository is a fork of:

• viivakoodi
• pyBarcode

This library provides the ability to create bar codes.

The bar codes are created as SVG objects.

Installation

$ pip install steenzout.barcode

Bar codes

• EAN-8
• EAN-13
• UPC-A
• JAN
• ISBN-10
• ISBN-13
• ISSN
• Code 39
• Code 128
• PZN

Usage

>>> from steenzout import barcode
>>> barcode.PROVIDED_BARCODES
[u'code39', u'code128', u'ean', u'ean13', u'ean8', u'gs1', u'gtin',
 u'isbn', u'isbn10', u'isbn13', u'issn', u'jan', u'pzn', u'upc', u'upca']
>>> EAN = barcode.get_barcode_class('ean13')
>>> EAN
<class 'barcode.ean.EuropeanArticleNumber13'>
>>> ean = EAN(u'5901234123457')
>>> ean
<barcode.ean.EuropeanArticleNumber13 object at 0x00BE98F0>
>>> fullname = ean.save('ean13_barcode')
>>> fullname
u'ean13_barcode.svg'
# Example with PNG
>>> from barcode.writer import ImageWriter
>>> ean = EAN(u'5901234123457', writer=ImageWriter())
>>> fullname = ean.save('ean13_barcode')
u'ean13_barcode.png'
# New in v0.4.2
>>> from StringIO import StringIO
>>> fp = StringIO()
>>> ean.write(fp)
# or
>>> f = open('/my/new/file', 'wb')
>>> ean.write(f) # PIL (ImageWriter) produces RAW format here
# New in v0.5.0
>>> from barcode import generate
>>> name = generate('EAN13', u'5901234123457', output='barcode_svg')
>>> name
u'barcode_svg.svg'
# with file like object
>>> fp = StringIO()
>>> generate('EAN13', u'5901234123457', writer=ImageWriter(), output=fp)
>>>

Now open ean13_barcode [svg|png] in a graphic app or simply in your browser and see the created barcode. That's it.

Commandline

$ pybarcode{2,3} create "My Text" outfile
New barcode saved as outfile.svg.

$ pybarcode{2,3} create -t png "My Text" outfile
New barcode saved as outfile.png.

Try `pybarcode -h` for help.

Links

• Code 39
• Code 128
• EAN
• ISBN
• ISSN
• JAN
• UPC