Use smartphone camera from a web app to scan QR code

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Nullpo picture Nullpo · Jan 30, 2013 · Viewed 59.9k times · Source

I want to build a web app (Html5 + Javascript, NO flash) than, using the smartphone camera, scan a QR code, and sends the result to a server. Is that posible?

Thanks!

Answer

FaddishWorm picture FaddishWorm · Jan 30, 2013

Yes, yes it is possible:

How to create a QR code reader in a HTML5 website?

hope that helps.

There would be lots of libraries and examples out on the internet. I would suggest googling it and checking out some open source projects.

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