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How to use QR Code Generator API! With JS!

QR Code API By: Go QR

See API Docs:

http://goqr.me/api/

API Link

https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/

HTML

<input placeholder="data"> 
<button>Generate QR!</button><br><br>
<img src>
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Javascript

var parametersJson = {
    "size": 250, // Size of Qr Code
    "backgroundColor": "38-38-38", // Background Color Of Qr Code (In RGB)
    "qrColor": "255-255-255", // Color of Qr Code (In RGB)
    "padding": 2, // Padding 
    "data": "dev.to"
};

var parameters;

var btn = document.querySelector("button");
var img = document.querySelector("img");
var input = document.querySelector("input");

btn.addEventListener("click", function(){
    parametersJson.data = input.value || "dev.to";
    parameters = `size=${parametersJson.size}&bgcolor=${parametersJson.backgroundColor}&color=${parametersJson.qrColor}&qzone=${parametersJson.padding}&data=${parametersJson.data}` // Stitch Together all Paramenters
    img.src = `https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?${parameters}` // Set Image URL To Link
});
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See Working Version:

https://jsfiddle.net/qcote16j/

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Somanath Goudar

Good One!

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Williams.N

nice one