Imager::QRCode(3) Generate QR Code with Imager using libqrencode

SYNOPSIS


use Imager::QRCode;
my $qrcode = Imager::QRCode->new(
size => 2,
margin => 2,
version => 1,
level => 'M',
casesensitive => 1,
lightcolor => Imager::Color->new(255, 255, 255),
darkcolor => Imager::Color->new(0, 0, 0),
);
my $img = $qrcode->plot("blah blah");
$img->write(file => "qrcode.gif");
# or instance method
use Imager::QRCode qw(plot_qrcode);
my $img = plot_qrcode("blah blah", \%params);
$img->write(file => "qrcode.gif");

DESCRIPTION

This module allows you to generate QR Code with Imager. This module use libqrencode '2.0.0' and above.

METHODS

new
    $qrcode = Imager::QRCode->new(%params);

The "new()" constructor method instantiates a new Imager::QRCode object. "new()" accepts the following parameters.

  • "size" - Horizontal and vertical size of module(dot). Default is 4.
  • "margin" - Margin size of QR Code. Default is 3.
  • "level" - Error collectin level. Valid values are 'M', 'L', 'Q' or 'H'. Default is 'L'.
  • "version" - Version of the symbol. If specify '0', this module chooses the minimum version for the input data. Default is '0'.
  • "mode" - Encoding mode. Valid values are 'numerical', 'alpha-numerical', '8-bit' or 'kanji'. Default is '8-bit'.

    If not give "casesensitive" then should be given "mode". If 'kanji' is given, characters will be encoded as Shift-JIS characters. If '8-bit' is given, all of non-alpha-numerical characters will be encoded as is. If you want to embed UTF-8 string, choose '8-bit'.

  • "casesensitive" - If your application is case-sensitive using 8-bit characters, set to '1'. Default is '0'.
plot($text)
    $img = $qrcode->plot("blah blah");

Create a new QR Code image. This method returns Imager object ploted QR Code with the given text.

INSTANT METHODS

plot_qrcode($text, \%params)
Instant method. $text is input text. %params is same parameter as "new()".

AUTHOR

Yoshiki KURIHARA "<kurihara __at__ cpan.org>"

THANKS

Tokuhiro Matsuno

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2011, Yoshiki KURIHARA "<kurihara __at__ cpan.org>".

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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