zbarlight
is a simple wrapper for the zbar library. For now, it can read all zbar supported codes. Contributions,
suggestions and pull requests are welcome.
zbarlight
is hosted on Github at <https://github.com/Polyconseil/zbarlight/>.
You need to install ZBar Bar Code Reader <http://zbar.sourceforge.net/> and its headers before installing zbarlight
.
$ apt-get install libzbar0 libzbar-dev
$ pip install zbarlight # you can also use setuptools directly
$ brew install zbar
$ export LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix zbar)/lib"
$ export CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix zbar)/include"
$ pip install zbarlight
Instruction can be found on <https://gist.github.com/Zephor5/aea563808d80f488310869b69661f330>.
from PIL import Image
import zbarlight
file_path = './tests/fixtures/two_qr_codes.png'
with open(file_path, 'rb') as image_file:
image = Image.open(image_file)
image.load()
codes = zbarlight.scan_codes(['qrcode'], image)
print('QR codes: %s' % codes)
In some case zbarlight
will not be able to detect the 1D or 2D code in an image, one of the known cause is that the
image background color is the same as the foreground color after conversion to grey scale (it's happen on images with
alpha channel). You can use the copy_image_on_background
function to add a background color on your image.
from PIL import Image
import zbarlight
file_path = './tests/fixtures/two_qr_codes.png'
with open(file_path, 'rb') as image_file:
image = Image.open(image_file)
image.load()
new_image = zbarlight.copy_image_on_background(image, color=zbarlight.WHITE) # <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Add this line <<<<
codes = zbarlight.scan_codes(['qrcode'], new_image)
print('QR codes: %s' % codes)
Some other cases without known solutions are show in the scan_codes()
tests (search for the expected failures). Any
clues on these cases is welcome.