ViQR v1.0.0

ViQR (Vinnie's QR) is a QR image forensics tool that allows you to read and generate your own QR Codes, with logo embedding supported!

Features

QR Code Generation

• Customisable data generation

• QR Code generation from text file also supported

• Logo embedding supported for business / social media specific QR codes and others

• QR image size is customisable

• Customisable saving filepath

• Overwrite prevention mechanism

• Immediate QR Preview after generation with multi-OS support

QR Code Reading

• Scans up to multiple QR Codes in the same image.

• Proper image validation

Usage

QR Code generation:

viqr -m -l [data] (optional -o [output_path]) (optional -s [size]) (optional -e [path_to_embed_file])

--> Generates a QR Code for [data] sized [size] pixels at output path [output_path] and optionally embeds the specified image.

viqr -m -f [file_path] (optional -o [output_path]) (optional -s [size]) (optional -e [path_to_embed_file])

--> Generates a QR Code for the first data in [file_path] sized [size] pixels at output path [output_path] and optionally embeds the specified image.

QR Code decoding:

viqr -r [file_path]

--> Reads (up to multiple) QR codes inside the image at [file_path].

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Installation

The ViQR Tool can be installed onto any computer with the following command:

pip install viqr

Requirements/Dependencies:

• Python 3.8+
• qrcode 7.0+
• Pillow 9.0+
• opencv-python 4.3.0+

AI Use Disclosure for this project:

AI was used minimally to assist in the learning of the argparse module and PyPI publication.