QR Coder

A simple QR code generator command line tool.

Setup

Clone this repo in to the directory of your choice.

Open a Linix style terminal (if you're on Windows, use WSL) and create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment:

source venv/bin/activate

Install the requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Make the program executable:

chmod +x ./qr_coder.py

Use your text editor to ensure the line endings are LF rather than CRLF.

Usage

Run the program with optional outputs:

• -svg outputs an SVG file
• -png outputs a PNG file

Examples:

Print the URL to the console and output both SVG and PNG

./qr_coder.py -svg -png http://www.terranautbeer.com/ 

Print the URL to the console and output a PNG

./qr_coder.py -png http://www.terranautbeer.com/ 

Print the URL to the console and output an SVG

./qr_coder.py -svg http://www.terranautbeer.com/ 

Only print the URL to the console

./qr_coder.py http://www.terranautbeer.com/