Generate QR Codes for URLs

How to Generate QR Code for URL?

To generate a QR Code for a URL, please refer to the following steps:

1. Select the Type: URL
2. Input the Website URL
3. Customize QR Code Settings (Optional)
4. Click Generate Preview button

You will see the generated QR Code under the preview section.

Procedure

API

 GET /qrcodegen/api/qrcode/generate?data=<URL>&foreColor=&bgColor=&ecc=&size=&format=

Example:

http://localhost:8080/qrcodegen/api/qrcode/generate?data=http://banckle.com&foreColor=&bgColor=&ecc=&size=&format=

Java Script

The JS code sample to generate URL type QR Code from content input field is given below.

  if(page == 'url'){

     var requestString= this.$('.input-url').val();

     requestString = this.addRequestSettings(requestString)

     var that = this;

     this.$('.qrcode-preview-image').load(function(){

     that.$('.qrcode-preview-processing').addClass('hide');

     that.$('.qrcode-preview-image').removeClass('hide');

     })

     .error(function(){

     that.$('.qrcode-preview-processing').attr('src', '/qrcodegen/resources/imgs/error.png');

     })

     .attr('src', '/qrcodegen/api/qrcode/generate?data='+ requestString);



     this.updateDownloadTag(requestString);



     }

Java

Core API Method - QRCodeManagementController.generateQRCode 

 @RequestMapping(value = "generate", method = RequestMethod.GET,

    		produces = {MediaType.IMAGE_JPEG_VALUE, MediaType.IMAGE_PNG_VALUE, MediaType.IMAGE_GIF_VALUE, MediaType_IMAGE_TIFF_VALUE, MediaType_IMAGE_BMP_VALUE})

    @ApiOperation(value = "Generate QR Code.")

    public ResponseEntity<byte[]>  generateQRCode(

    		@ApiParam( value = "data", name="data" , required = true)

    		@RequestParam("data") String data,

        HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response,

        @ApiParam( value = "A user-chosen password that can be used with password-based encryption (PBE) Algo PBEWITHMD5AND128BITAES-CBC-OPENSSL)", name="passKey", required=false) @RequestParam(required=false, value="passKey") String passKey,

        @ApiParam( value = "ForeColor e.g #000000 (Black - RGB(hex))", name="foreColor", required=false) @RequestParam(required=false, value="foreColor") String foreColor,

        @ApiParam( value = "BackgroundColor e.g #FFFFFF (White - RGB(hex))", name="bgColor", required=false) @RequestParam(required=false, value="bgColor") String bgColor,

        @ApiParam( value = "L|M|Q|H - Reed-Solomon error correctionCode Level(from low to high) default=Low", name="ecc", required=false) @RequestParam(required=false, value="ecc") String ecc,

        @ApiParam( value = "Image Size e.g #150x150", name="size", required=false) @RequestParam(required=false, value="size") String size,

        @ApiParam( value = "jpeg|tiff|gif|png|bmp - default=png", name="format", required=false) @RequestParam(required=false, value="format") String format,

        @ApiParam( value = "true|false default=false", name="download", required=false) @RequestParam(required=false, value="download") boolean download,

        @ApiIgnore @Value("#{request.getHeader('" +  ACCEPT_HEADER + "')}") String acceptHeaderValue) throws Exception {