bakong-khqr-image

Generate styled Bakong KHQR card images that match the official NBC design — with correct USD and KHR amount formatting.

Built from production experience: the official bakong-khqr library formats USD amounts with a comma (0,01 USD) instead of a period (0.01 USD). This library fixes that and ships a clean, standalone implementation.

Features

• ✅ EMV-compliant KHQR payload generation per KHQR spec v1.3 (no external bakong dependency)
• ✅ Correct amount formatting — 1,234.56 USD · 4,000 KHR
• ✅ Styled 300 × 450 px card (Bakong red header, merchant info, dashed separator, rounded corners)
• ✅ Bundled assets — works out of the box, no manual font/icon setup
• ✅ Multiple export formats: PNG · JPEG · WebP · bytes · Base64 · data URI
• ✅ Static (open-amount) and dynamic QR code support
• ✅ Individual & merchant account types — correct Tag 15 / Tag 29 structure
• ✅ Tag 99 transaction timestamps — required for Bakong backend to process payments
• ✅ from_emv() — render a styled card from any existing raw KHQR string
• ✅ Typed, documented, tested

Installation

pip install bakong-khqr-image

Dependencies (Pillow and qrcode) are installed automatically.

Quick Start

from bakong_khqr_image import KHQRImage

# Create one instance per merchant — reuse it for every payment
khqr = KHQRImage(
    bakong_account_id="yourname@aclb",
    merchant_name="My Coffee Shop",
    merchant_city="Phnom Penh",   # optional, default "Phnom Penh"
    currency="USD",               # optional, default "USD"
    account_type="individual",    # optional, default "individual" (personal wallet)
                                  # use "merchant" for registered KHQR merchants
)

# Generate a styled QR card image
result = khqr.generate_image(amount=2.50)

# Save as PNG
result.save_png("payment_qr.png")

# Or get bytes / Base64 / data URI for web / API responses
png_bytes = result.to_bytes()
b64       = result.to_base64()
data_uri  = result.to_data_uri()

API Reference

KHQRImage

KHQRImage(
    bakong_account_id: str,
    merchant_name: str,
    merchant_city: str = "Phnom Penh",
    currency: str = "USD",              # "USD" or "KHR"
    account_type: str = "individual",   # "individual" or "merchant"
)

generate_image(amount, *, bill_number, store_label, terminal_label, mobile_number, static, include_additional_data, ttl_seconds) → QRImageResult

Renders the full styled card image.

generate_payload(amount, *, ...) → (payload, bill_number)

Returns only the raw EMV KHQR string — useful for custom renderers or the Bakong payment-verification API.

payload, ref_id = khqr.generate_payload(amount=5.00)
md5_hash = KHQRImage.md5(payload)   # pass to Bakong API to check payment status

KHQRImage.from_emv(emv_string) → QRImageResult

Generate a styled card image directly from an existing raw KHQR / EMV string. Merchant name, amount, and currency are extracted automatically from Tags 59, 54, and 53.

emv = "00020101021229240020yourname@aclb...6304ABCD"
result = KHQRImage.from_emv(emv)
result.save_png("from_emv.png")

KHQRImage.md5(payload) → str

Computes the MD5 hash of a payload string required by the Bakong transaction-check API.

QRImageResult

Examples

KHR currency

from bakong_khqr_image import KHQRImage

khqr = KHQRImage(
    bakong_account_id="yourname@aclb",
    merchant_name="ហាងកាហ្វេ",
    currency="KHR",
)
result = khqr.generate_image(amount=4_000)
result.save_png("payment_khr.png")

Static (open-amount) QR

# Customer enters the amount inside the Bakong app — useful for printed menus
result = khqr.generate_image(amount=0, static=True)
result.save_png("static_qr.png")

Individual vs. merchant account type

# Default — personal Bakong wallet (Tag 29 only, no Tag 15)
khqr_personal = KHQRImage(
    bakong_account_id="yourname@aclb",
    merchant_name="My Shop",
    account_type="individual",   # default, can be omitted
)

# Registered KHQR merchant (adds Tag 15 with AID per KHQR spec v1.3)
khqr_merchant = KHQRImage(
    bakong_account_id="merchant@wbkh",
    merchant_name="Virackbot Mart",
    account_type="merchant",
)

Render a card from an existing KHQR string

# No need to re-generate — just pass the raw EMV string
emv = "00020101021229240020yourname@aclb...6304ABCD"
result = KHQRImage.from_emv(emv)
result.save_png("from_emv.png")

Web / API response

result = khqr.generate_image(amount=1.50)

# Flask / Django — return as JSON
response = {"qr_image": result.to_data_uri()}

# Or stream PNG bytes directly
return Response(result.to_bytes(), mimetype="image/png")

Check payment status with the Bakong API

import requests

payload, ref_id = khqr.generate_payload(amount=5.00)
md5 = KHQRImage.md5(payload)

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api-bakong.nbc.org.kh/v1/check_transaction_by_md5",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"},
    json={"md5": md5},
)
if resp.json().get("responseCode") == 0:
    print("Payment received!")

Access the raw PIL image

result = khqr.generate_image(amount=2.50)
pil_image = result.image          # PIL.Image.Image
pil_image.show()                  # open in system viewer

📁 See the examples/ folder for full runnable scripts:

• basic_usage.py — core workflow
• khr_and_static.py — KHR & static QR
• account_types.py — individual vs. merchant
• from_emv.py — render from existing EMV string
• advanced_options.py — Tag 62, TTL, all export formats
• web_api_example.py — Flask / Django integration

Card Layout

┌─────────────────────────────┐  ◥ red fold
│  [KHQR / Bakong logo]       │  ← red header (60 px)
│                             │
│  Merchant Name              │
│  2.50 USD                   │
│ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - │  ← dashed separator
│                             │
│    ┌───────────────────┐    │
│    │                   │    │
│    │    QR Code        │    │
│    │      [💲]         │    │  ← currency icon overlay
│    │                   │    │
│    └───────────────────┘    │
│                             │
└─────────────────────────────┘
         300 × 450 px

Sample image

Running Tests

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

Publishing to PyPI

pip install build twine
python -m build
twine upload dist/*

License

MIT © 2026 Virackbot