/JsBarcode

Barcode generation library that works in both the browser and on Node.js http://lindell.me/JsBarcode

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Introduction

JsBarcode is a barcode generator written in JavaScript. It supports multiple barcode formats and works in browsers and on the server (with Node.js). It has no dependencies when it is used for the web but works with jQuery if you are into that.

Demo

Supported barcodes:

Examples for browsers:

First create an canvas (or image)

<svg id="barcode"></svg>
<!-- or -->
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
<!-- or -->
<img id="barcode"/>

Simple example:

JsBarcode("#barcode", "Hi!");
// or with jQuery
$("#barcode").JsBarcode("Hi!");
Result:

Result

Example with options:

JsBarcode("#barcode", "1234", {
  format: "pharmacode",
  lineColor: "#0aa",
  width:4,
  height:40,
  displayValue: false
});
Result:

Result

More advanced use case:

JsBarcode("#barcode")
  .options({font: "OCR-B"}) // Will affect all barcodes
  .EAN13("1234567890128", {fontSize: 18, textMargin: 0})
  .blank(20) // Create space between the barcodes
  .EAN5("12345", {height: 85, textPosition: "top", fontSize: 16, marginTop: 15})
  .render();
Result:

Result

Or define the value and options in the HTML element:

Use any jsbarcode-* or data-* as attributes where * is any option.

<svg class="barcode"
  jsbarcode-format="upc"
  jsbarcode-value="123456789012"
  jsbarcode-textmargin="0"
  jsbarcode-fontoptions="bold">
</svg>

And then initialize it with:

JsBarcode(".barcode").init();
Result:

Result

Setup for browsers:

Step 1:

Download or get the CDN link to the script:

Name Supported barcodes Size (gzip) CDN / Download
All All the barcodes! 7.7 kB JsBarcode.all.min.js
CODE128 CODE128 (auto and force mode) 5.3 kB JsBarcode.code128.min.js
CODE39 CODE39 4.6 kB JsBarcode.code39.min.js
EAN / UPC EAN-13, EAN-8, EAN-5, EAN-2, UPC (A) 5.1 kB JsBarcode.ean-upc.min.js
ITF-14 ITF-14 4.3 kB JsBarcode.itf-14.min.js
ITF ITF 4.3 kB JsBarcode.itf.min.js
MSI MSI, MSI10, MSI11, MSI1010, MSI1110 4.5 kB JsBarcode.msi.min.js
Pharmacode Pharmacode 4.1 kB JsBarcode.pharmacode.min.js

Step 2:

Include the script in your code:

<script src="JsBarcode.all.min.js"></script>

Step 3:

You are done! Go generate some barcodes 😄

Bower and npm:

You can also use Bower or npm to install and manage the library.

bower install jsbarcode --save
npm install jsbarcode --save

Node.js:

Install with npm:

npm install jsbarcode
npm install canvas

Use:

var JsBarcode = require('jsbarcode');
var Canvas = require("canvas");

var canvas = new Canvas();
JsBarcode(canvas, "Hello");

// Do what you want with the canvas
// See https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas for more information

Options:

For information about how to use the options, see the wiki page.

Option Default value Type
format "auto" (CODE128) String
width 2 Number
height 100 Number
displayValue true Boolean
fontOptions "" String
font "monospace" String
textAlign "center" String
textPosition "bottom" String
textMargin 2 Number
fontSize 20 Number
background "#ffffff" String (CSS color)
lineColor "#000000" String (CSS color)
margin 10 Number
marginTop undefined Number
marginBottom undefined Number
marginLeft undefined Number
marginRight undefined Number
valid function(valid){} Function

Contributions and feedback:

We ❤️ contributions and feedback.

If you want to contribute, please check out the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

If you have any question or suggestion create an issue or ask about it in the gitter chat.

Bug reports should always be done with a new issue.

License:

JsBarcode is shared under the MIT license. This means you can modify and use it however you want, even for comercial use. But please give this the Github repo a ⭐ and write a small comment of how you are using JsBarcode in the gitter chat.