QR-Generator

This script generates QR Code .pngs based off provided data in .csv format

This version generates highly styled QR codes. Based off qr-code-styling . All design features shown there can be implemented here. For complex designs I would recommend using that website to generate design settings, scrolling to the bottom of the page allows you to export to JSON.

For basic black and white QR codes using qrcode module, please see plain-codes branch of this repo.

Usage

Ensure you have node.js installed on your machine. Install here

Add data .csv file to /input folder. refer to input data section for details ( example data linking to google can be found here : input/template/example.csv copy this into input/ for quick start test)
Click on the app_install file relevant to your operating system
Click on the app_run file relevant to your operating system
Retrieve your QR Codes from /output/[csv-file-name-date]/

Optional:

Update any render settings / designs in /design/ refer to render settings & design section of readme for more info

Input Data Format

All input files must be in .csv format, have a descriptive and unique name and follow the below data structure;

id	url
unique_name	www.your-link.com

For spreadsheet template in excel format see input/template/example.xlsx

For spreadsheet template in .csv format see input/template/example.csv

Output Data Format

Each time you run the script, a folder in /outputwill be generated per .csv file provided in /input . Each of these output directories will be named based off their respective input .csv file + current date time.

example;

you have two files in /input ; social-links.csv and personal.csv
The script will generate two new directories every time the script is run.
These directories will be /output/social-links_DATE_TIME and /output/personal_DATE_TIME
Your QR Codes are exported into these directories

Render Settings & design

you can design here and export out settings as JSON - script will accept these params

Default Design Settings can be configured via /design/render-options.json

Any logos or assets to embed in the QR codes should also be placed in here, the filename of the image should then be added to the .json file.

To have individual design settings files for each .csv in input file, create a settings-file.json file with a matching name.

Example :

I have a input file called social.csv
I want all the QR codes from this file to be red and have a instagram logo in the middle
Add the Instagram logo file to /designs/instagram.png
Add a new settings file to /designs called social.json
- this file will have dotsOptions.color = "#F00"
- image = "instagram.png"

Dependencies

Node.js

Modules;