Quick Start

Get up and running with Barcode & QR Toolkit API in under a minute.

1. Get your API key

2. Generate your first QR code

Send a POST request with the data you want to encode. Customise colours, shape, and add a logo.

curl -X POST "https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/qr/generate" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"data": "https://toolkitapi.io", "module_shape": "rounded", "fg_color": "#1a1a2e"}'

import httpx

resp = httpx.post(
    "https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/qr/generate",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"},
    json={
        "data": "https://toolkitapi.io",
        "module_shape": "rounded",
        "fg_color": "#1a1a2e",
    },
)
result = resp.json()
print(result["format"], result["width"], "x", result["height"])

const resp = await fetch("https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/qr/generate", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    data: "https://toolkitapi.io",
    module_shape: "rounded",
    fg_color: "#1a1a2e",
  }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data.format, data.width, "x", data.height);

3. Generate a barcode

Specify the data and barcode type. The API supports EAN-13, UPC-A, Code128, Code39, ISBN, and more.

curl -X POST "https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/barcode/generate" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"data": "5901234123457", "barcode_type": "ean13"}'

resp = httpx.post(
    "https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/barcode/generate",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"},
    json={"data": "5901234123457", "barcode_type": "ean13"},
)
result = resp.json()
print(result["barcode_type"])

const resp = await fetch("https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/barcode/generate", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ data: "5901234123457", barcode_type: "ean13" }),
});
console.log(await resp.json());

4. Decode an image

Send a base64-encoded image to decode all QR codes or barcodes in the image.

curl -X POST "https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/qr/decode" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://toolkitapi.io/qr.png"}'

resp = httpx.post(
    "https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/qr/decode",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"},
    json={"url": "https://toolkitapi.io/qr.png"},
)
for item in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(item["data"])

const resp = await fetch("https://barcode.toolkitapi.io/v1/qr/decode", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ url: "https://toolkitapi.io/qr.png" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
data.results.forEach(r => console.log(r.data));

5. Explore all endpoints

Browse the full tool listing to discover all 9 endpoints — including bulk generation, GET endpoints for direct embedding, and the barcode types reference.