react-barcodes

react-barcodes

React hooks for generating Barcodes.

Live demo

Features

• Compatible with both JavaScript and TypeScript
• Generate as SVG, Canvas and Image
• Support multiple barcodes type

Barcodes Type

• CODE128
  • CODE128 (automatic mode switching)
  • CODE128 A/B/C (force mode)
• EAN
  • EAN-13
  • EAN-8
  • EAN-5
  • EAN-2
  • UPC (A)
  • UPC (E)
• CODE39
• ITF
  • ITF
  • ITF-14
• MSI
  • MSI10
  • MSI11
  • MSI1010
  • MSI1110
• Pharmacode
• Codabar

Install

react-barcodes is available on npm. It can be installed with the following command:

npm install react-barcodes --save

react-barcodes is available on yarn as well. It can be installed with the following command:

yarn add react-barcodes

Usage

SVG

import React from 'react';
import { useBarcode } from 'react-barcodes';

function App() {
  const { inputRef } = useBarcode({
    value: 'react-barcodes',
    options: {
      background: '#ccffff',
    }
  });
  
  return <svg ref={inputRef} />;
};

export default App;

Canvas

import React from 'react';
import { useBarcode } from 'react-barcodes';

function App() {
  const { inputRef } = useBarcode({
    value: 'react-barcodes',
    options: {
      displayValue: false,
      background: '#ffc0cb',
    }
  });
  
  return <canvas ref={inputRef} />;
};

export default App;

Image

import React from 'react';
import { useBarcode } from 'react-barcodes';

function App() {
  const { inputRef } = useBarcode({
    value: 'react-barcodes',
    options: {
      background: '#ffff00',
    }
  });
  
  return <img ref={inputRef} />;
};

export default App;

Parameters

Prop	Type	Require	Description
value	string		Text to generate.
options	options		Barcode options.

Options

Option	Type	Default	Require	Description
format	string?	auto		Select which barcode type to use. Please check the wikipage of the different barcode types for more information.
width	number?	2		The width option is the width of a single bar.
height	number?	100		The height of the barcode.
displayValue	boolean?	true
text	string?	undefined		Overide the text that is diplayed
fontOptions	string?	""		With fontOptions you can add bold or italic text to the barcode.
font	string?	"monospace"		Define the font used for the text in the generated barcode. This can be any default font or a font defined by a @font-face rule.
textAlign	string?	"center"		Set the horizontal alignment of the text. Can be left / center / right.
textPosition	string?	"bottom"		Set the vertical position of the text. Can be bottom / top.
textMargin	number?	2		Set the vertical position of the text. Can be bottom / top.
fontSize	number?	20		Set the size of the text.
background	string?	"#ffffff"		Set the background of the barcode.
lineColor	string?	"#000000"		Set the color of the bars and the text.
margin	number?	10		Set the space margin around the barcode. If nothing else is set, all side will inherit the margins property but can be replaced if you want to set them separably.
marginTop	number?	undefined
marginBottom	number?	undefined
marginLeft	number?	undefined
marginRight	number?	undefined
flat	boolean?	false		Only for EAN8 / EAN13

Wrap Up

If you think any of the react-barcodes can be improved, please do open a PR with any updates and submit any issues. Also, I will continue to improve this, so you might want to watch/star this repository to revisit.

Contribution

We'd love to have your helping hand on contributions to react-barcodes by forking and sending a pull request!

Your contributions are heartily ♡ welcome, recognized and appreciated. (✿◠‿◠)

How to contribute:

• Open pull request with improvements
• Discuss ideas in issues
• Spread the word
• Reach out with any feedback

License

The MIT License