QR Code Generator using Python

By Bommala Shreya

This project allows you to create QR codes, which are two-dimensional bar codes that can be scanned by smartphones or other devices to quickly access information.

Generate a QR Code using Python

Understanding the QR Code

1. QR code is a machine-readable barcode designed in two-dimensional pixelated form.
2. The QR code can be used to store a range of data.
3. QR in QR code is abbreviated for Quick Response.
4. QR code was invented in the year 1994 by Masahiro Hara, a Japanese engineer from Automobile Manufacturer Denso Wave, in order to track the movement of car parts.
5. The popularity of the QR code has increased in the later 2010s with improvement in optical proficiencies of Mobile Phones and their extensive acceptance.
6. At the moment, QR codes are being utilized for a wide range of applications such as making online payments, checking hotel menus, sharing Wi-Fi passwords, obtaining cost and other information of products, and a lot more.
7. QR codes have become so famous that now every new smartphone comes with a built-in QR code reader.

Program code:

pip install pyqrcode

pip install pypng

import pyqrcode

import png
from pyqrcode import QRCode

s = "codespeedy.com"

url = pyqrcode.create(s)

# Create and save the svg file naming "myqr.svg"
url.svg("myqr.svg", scale = 8)

# Create and save the png file naming "myqr.png"
url.png('myqr.png', scale = 6)

Used google colaboratory for executing the code . The below zip file has the code execution part.