Leveraging rqrcode and mojo_magick, we've built a very thin gem that generates QR codes in a png file

In your 'Gemfile', add

gem 'qr4r'

In your code, add

require 'qr4r'

NOTE: you'll need to have ImageMagick installed wherever you plan to run this. The gem depends on mojo_magick which uses ImageMagick commandline operations to build the final PNG image.

To use it:

Qr4r::encode(input_string, output_file_path, options)

input_string and output_file_path should be strings. Options should a list of hash options keyed by symbols. Possible options are:

• :pixel_size - specify the size of each 'black' dot in the qrcode. Default = 3
• :border - specify the number of pixels to use for a white border around the outside. Default = 0

To encode the string 'qr codes are the new hotness' like this:

require 'qr4r'
s = 'qr codes are the new hotness'
fname = s.gsub(/\s+/,"_") + ".qr.png"
Qr4r::encode(s, fname)

Make a bigger QRCode

s = 'big qr codes are the new hotness'
fname = s.gsub(/\s+/,"_") + ".qr.png"
Qr4r::encode(s, fname, :pixel_size => 5)

Add a fat border

s = 'big qr codes are the new hotness with a border'
fname = s.gsub(/\s+/,"_") + ".qr.png"
Qr4r::encode(s, fname, :border => 20)

You can also checkout the examples folder for a little sample commandline script.

NOTE: The current implementation or rQRCode (and therefore this wrapper library) supports encoding up to 119 characters. Beyond that, you'll need something a bit more sophisticated.

Check out the Sinatra test app here: https://github.com/rcode5/qr4r_test_app

• Moved to new mojo_magick gem
• no longer ruby 1.8.7 compatible
• fixed issue with border coming out black

Original author: Jon Rogers at rcode5

Thanks to Duncan Robertson for writing rQRCode

• Fork the project
• Write a test for your new feature/method
• Send a pull request
• Don't bump the version or modify the gemspec. I'll do that when I merge in your mods and release a new version.

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