pyzxing 0.2

Python wrapper for ZXing Java library

pyzxing

A Python wrapper of ZXing library. python-zxing does not work properly and is out of maintenance. So I decide to create this repository so that Pythoneers can take advantage of ZXing library with minimum effort.

Installation

Installing from Github source is recommended :

git clone https://github.com/ChenjieXu/pyzxing.git
cd pyzxing
python setup.py install

It is also possible to install from PyPI:

pip install pyzxing

Build ZXing Library

A ready-to-go jar file is available with release, but I can not guarantee that this file will work properly on your PC. You may run test script before building ZXing. Pyzxing will download compiled Jar file automatically and call unit test.

python -m unittest src.test_barcode

If failed, build ZXing using following commands.

git submodule init
git submodule update
cd zxing
mvn install -DskipTests
cd javase
mvn -DskipTests package assembly:single

Quick Start

from pyzxing import BarCodeReader
reader = BarCodeReader()
output = reader.decode('/PATH/TO/FILE')
print(output)

TODOS

enable read multiple barcodes in a picture using GenericMultipleBarcodeReader class decode multiple files using joblib