heli-toon / qrcode-api

Turns a website link or any text in general into a QR code

QR CODE API

When ran the server listens for GET requests at /qr endpoint with a url parameter from the query string and uses the qrcode library to create a QR code image. It then saves the image to a buffer and creates a response object with the contents of the buffer. Finally, it returns the response object with the QR code image. It also automatically downloads it.

Dependencies

Install the following

• flask
• qrcode

Windows 🪟

pip install flask qrcode

MacOS🍎 & Linux🐧

pip install flask qrcode

How to make it work

• Run a server

Windows 🪟

python main.py

MacOS🍎 & Linux🐧

python3 main.py

• Make a get request to /qr endpoint with a url parameter, like below 👇. Paste in your browser search bar.

https://localhost:5000/qr?url=https://www.example.com