In this article we will see how we can make a QR code generator application using PyQt5. A QR code is a type of matrix barcode first designed in 1994 for the automotive industry in Japan. A barcode is a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the item to which it is attached. Below is how the application will look like
In order to make this we will use the libraries given below
PyQt5 is cross-platform GUI toolkit, a set of python bindings for Qt v5. One can develop an interactive desktop application with so much ease because of the tools and simplicity provided by this library. Below is the command to install the PyQt5
pip install PyQt5
qrcode :For generating a Quick Response code is a two-dimensional pictographic code used for its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be made up of any kind of data (e.g., binary, alphanumeric, or Kanji symbols). Below is the command to install the qrcode module
pip install qrcode
Implementation Steps :
1. Create a Image class which inherits qrcode base image
2. Inside the Image class, get the size from the border and width and override the painter event and create a initial image and fill it with white color
3. Create a main window class
4. Inside the window class create a label which will show the QR code image
5. Create a line edit to receive the text from the user
6. Add label and line edit to the vertical layout and set layout to the window
7. Add action to the line edit when entered is pressed
8. Inside the line edit action get the text of the line edit
9. Create a pixmap image of the line edit text and use Image class as image_factory
10. Set the pixmap i.e QR code image to the label
Below is the implementation
Python3
# importing librariesfrom PyQt5.QtWidgets import *from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGuifrom PyQt5.QtGui import *from PyQt5.QtCore import *import qrcodeimport sys# Image class for QR codeclass Image(qrcode.image.base.BaseImage): # constructor def __init__(self, border, width, box_size): # assigning border self.border = border # assigning width self.width = width # assigning box size self.box_size = box_size # creating size size = (width + border * 2) * box_size # image self._image = QImage(size, size, QImage.Format_RGB16) # initial image as white self._image.fill(Qt.white) # pixmap method def pixmap(self): # returns image return QPixmap.fromImage(self._image) # drawrect method for drawing rectangle def drawrect(self, row, col): # creating painter object painter = QPainter(self._image) # drawing rectangle painter.fillRect( (col + self.border) * self.box_size, (row + self.border) * self.box_size, self.box_size, self.box_size, QtCore.Qt.black)# Main Window classclass Window(QMainWindow): # constructor def __init__(self): QMainWindow.__init__(self) # setting window title self.setWindowTitle("QR Code") # setting geometry self.setGeometry(100, 100, 300, 300) # creating a label to show the qr code self.label = QLabel(self) # creating a line edit to receive text self.edit = QLineEdit(self) # adding action when entered is pressed self.edit.returnPressed.connect(self.handleTextEntered) # setting font to the line edit self.edit.setFont(QFont('Times', 9)) # setting alignment self.edit.setAlignment(Qt.AlignCenter) # creating a vertical layout layout = QVBoxLayout(self) # adding label to the layout layout.addWidget(self.label) # adding line edit to the layout layout.addWidget(self.edit) # creating a QWidget object widget = QWidget() # setting layout to the widget widget.setLayout(layout) # setting widget as central widget to the main window self.setCentralWidget(widget) # method called by the line edit def handleTextEntered(self): # get the text text = self.edit.text() # creating a pix map of qr code qr_image = qrcode.make(text, image_factory = Image).pixmap() # set image to the label self.label.setPixmap(qr_image)# create pyqt5 appapp = QApplication(sys.argv)# create the instance of our Windowwindow = Window()# showing windowwindow.show()# start the appsys.exit(app.exec_()) |
Output :
When user entered the text in the line edit and press enter key, QR code will be displayed and window size will get adjusted according to the size of QR code
