How to include Include QR & Bar code scanner using HTML and JavaScript

dheerajkumar · March 4

1) Scanning QR Codes and Bar codes are sometimes necessary in our E-commerce websites or admin panel

2) In this discussion we will see how we can include such scanner in our website

3) Include the following CDN

CODE:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">


<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>


<body data-rsssl=1>


    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5-qrcode/2.3.4/html5-qrcode.min.js"
        integrity="sha512-k/KAe4Yff9EUdYI5/IAHlwUswqeipP+Cp5qnrsUjTPCgl51La2/JhyyjNciztD7mWNKLSXci48m7cctATKfLlQ=="
        crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>
    <style>
        main {
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
        }


        #reader {
            width: 600px;
        }


        #result {
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 1.5rem;
        }
    </style>
    <main>
        <div id="reader"></div>
        <div id="result"></div>
    </main>
    <script>
        const scanner = new Html5QrcodeScanner('reader', {
            qrbox: {
                width: 250,
                height: 250,
            },
            fps: 20,
        });
        //Handle the success result here
        scanner.render(success, error);
        function success(result) {
            document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = `
                <h2>Success!</h2>
                <p><a href="${result}">${result}</a></p>
                `;
            scanner.clear();
            document.getElementById('reader').remove();
        }
        function error(err) {
            console.error(err);
        }
    </script>


</body>


</html>

4) Further you can style the view by editing the js file which we are included from CDN

5) The scanned result will be shown with the success message and a redirect URL, further you can include any backend functionality using ajax to handle the redirects.

By following the above code we can integrate a qr/bar code scanner in our website