https://github.com/davidk/qrlink

Make a QR code for URLs (or really anything you can fit in the command) within your terminal
https://github.com/davidk/qrlink

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Make a QR code for URLs (or really anything you can fit in the command) within your terminal

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/davidk/qrlink
• Owner: davidk
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-08-06T07:08:26.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-08-13T17:47:36.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-13T18:57:58.382Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: cli, qrcode
• Language: Rust
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• Size: 23.4 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# qrlink

This utility encodes a URL / link into a QR code. Pre-built binaries for a [command-line interface](https://github.com/davidk/qrlink/releases) are available.

## Usage 

`$ ./qrlink https://github.com/davidk/qrlink/releases/`

### To generate a QR code image

`$ ./qrlink https://github.com/davidk/qrlink/releases --imagefile releases.png`

![QR Code image](/img/releases.png)

### More options

```bash

USAGE:

    qrlink [ https://example.com | --ask ] [ --imagefile (output_name.png) --scale 10 |

    --svg | --svgfile (output_name.svg) ]

FLAGS:

        --svg        Emit the QR code as an SVG (to standard output)

    -a, --ask        Ask for URL/link instead of getting it through the command-line

    -h, --help       Prints help information

    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:

        --scale              QR code scaling factor. Applies to imagefile 

                                    output only. [default: 10]

        --quietzone     QR code: The size of the quiet zone/border to 

                                    apply to the final QR code [default: 2]

        --imagefile     The name of the file to save to (e.g. --imagefile qr.png). 

                                    Formats: [png, jpg, bmp]

        --svgfile         Save the QR code to a file (SVG formatted)

ARGS:

        URL (or text) to convert to a QR code

```

#### Building

Pre-built releases are provided on GitHub, but for development, or to build your own from source (after installing the [Rust toolchain](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install):

    cargo build --release

### See also

* [Format documentation, from zxing/zxing](https://github.com/zxing/zxing/wiki/Barcode-Contents)

* [qrcodegen, via project nayuki](https://docs.rs/crate/qrcodegen/1.4.0)