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qreator

QR Code generator for browser and node.js with tree shaking and logo support

Overview

generate image in png, svg and pdf formats
numeric and alphanumeric modes
support UTF-8
supports color customization
supports logos
supports border-radius
tree shaking support
browser / node.js

Installing

npm install qreator
# or
yarn add qreator

Usage

Example:

import { getSVG } from "qreator/lib/svg";
import { getPNG } from "qreator/lib/png"; // imports canvas implementation in browser and sharp module in node.js
import { getPDF } from "qreator/lib/pdf"; // this import is large, consider async import
const svgString = await getSVG("I love QR", {
    logo: fs.openFileSync("my-logo.svg"),
    color: "#000000",
    bgColor: "#FFFFFF",
});
const pngBuffer = await getPNG("I love QR", {
    logo: fs.openFileSync("my-logo.svg"),
    color: "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
    bgColor: "rgb(255, 255, 255)",
});

More examples

Syntax

getPNG(text, [options]): Readable stream with image data.
getSVG(text, [options]): Readable stream with image data.
getPDF(text, [options]): Readable stream with image data.

Options

text: text to encode
options: additional image options object

Additional Options

Name	Description	Type	Possible Values	Default
`ec_level`	error correction level	string	`L`, `M`, `Q`, `H`	`M`
`type`	image type	string	`png`, `svg`, `pdf`	`png`
`size`	png and svg onlysize of one module in pixels	number	`0` - n	`5` (png)`0` (others)
`margin`	white space around QR image in modules	number	`0` - n	`4` (png)`1` (others)
`parse_url`	EXPERIMENTALtry to optimize QR-code for URLs	boolean	`true`, `false`	`false`
`logo`	buffer with png/jpeg image	ArrayBuffer	-	`undefined`
`logoWidth`	height of logo in percent	number	`0` - `100`	`20`
`logoHeight`	width of logo in percent	number	`0` - `100`	`20`
`color`	module color in rgba or hex format	number	`#000000` - `#000000`	`#000000`(black with 100% opacity)
`bgColor`	background color in rgba or hex format	number	`#000000` - `#FFFFFF`	`#FFFFFF`(white with 100% opacity)
`borderRadius`	border-radius (in pixels)	number	0 - `size / 2`	`0`
`noExcavate`	don't remove partially covered modules	boolean	`true`, `false`	`false`

Benchmarks

getPNG x 229 ops/sec ±0.45% (84 runs sampled)
getPDF x 186 ops/sec ±24.91% (86 runs sampled)
getSVG x 2,482 ops/sec ±0.18% (90 runs sampled)
getPNG with logo x 69.96 ops/sec ±0.72% (68 runs sampled)
getPDF with logo x 44.83 ops/sec ±9.52% (77 runs sampled)
getSVG with logo x 2,494 ops/sec ±0.19% (88 runs sampled)