Generate QR Code using qrcode in Python
Last Updated :
04 Apr, 2022
A Quick Response Code or a QR Code is a two-dimensional bar code used for its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. It consists of black squares arranged in a square grid on a white background.
Python has a library “qrcode” for generating QR code images. It can be installed using pip.
pip install qrcode
Approach:
- Import module
- Create Qrcode with qrcode.make() and it returns a PilImage object.
- Save into image
Syntax:
qrcode.make('Data to be encoded')
Example 1:
Python3
import qrcode
data = 'QR Code using make() function'
img = qrcode.make(data)
img.save( 'MyQRCode1.png' )
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Output:
Example 2:
We can also use QRCode class to create a QR Code and change its details. It takes the following parameters:
- Version: This parameter is an integer from 1 to 40 that controls the size of the QR Code (the smallest, version 1, is a 21×21 matrix).
- error_correction: This parameter controls the error correction used for the QR Code. There are following four constants available for this :
- qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_L : About 7% or fewer errors can be corrected.
- qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_M (default) : About 15% or fewer errors can be corrected.
- qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_Q: About 25% or fewer errors can be corrected.
- qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_H: About 30% or fewer errors can be corrected.
- box_size: This parameter controls how many pixels each “box” of the QR code is.
- border: The border parameter controls how many boxes thick the border should be (the default is 4, which is the minimum in the specification).
- add_data(): This method is used to add data to the QRCode object. It takes the data to be encoded as a parameter.
- make(): This method with (fit=True) ensures that the entire dimension of the QR Code is utilized, even if our input data could fit into less number of boxes.
- make_image(): This method is used to convert the QRCode object into an image file. It takes the fill_color and back_color optional parameters to set the foreground and background color.
Below is the implementation:
Python3
import qrcode
data = "GeeksforGeeks"
qr = qrcode.QRCode(version = 1 ,
box_size = 10 ,
border = 5 )
qr.add_data(data)
qr.make(fit = True )
img = qr.make_image(fill_color = 'red' ,
back_color = 'white' )
img.save( 'MyQRCode2.png' )
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Output :
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