QR Code Generator 🔲

A simple and efficient command-line tool to generate QR codes from text or URLs using Python.

✨ Features

• Generate QR codes from any text or URL
• Customizable size and border settings
• Auto-generated filenames or custom output names
• Clean command-line interface
• Cross-platform compatibility

🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/qr-code-generator.git
   cd qr-code-generator

2. (Recommended) Create and activate a virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # for macOS/Linux
   .\venv\Scripts\activate   # for Windows

3. Install requirements:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

⌨️ Usage

You can run the tool from the command line with the python generate_qr.py command.

Basic Usage:

python generate_qr.py "https://www.google.com"

Advanced Usage:

# Custom output filename
python generate_qr.py "Hello World" --output hello.png

# Custom size and border
python generate_qr.py "Contact Info" --size 15 --border 2

# Full example with all options
python generate_qr.py "https://github.com" -o github_qr.png -s 12 -b 3

📋 Command Line Options

Option	Short	Description	Default
--output	-o	Output filename	Auto-generated
--size	-s	Size of each box in pixels	10
--border	-b	Border size in boxes	4
--help	-h	Show help message	-

📁 Output

• QR codes are saved as PNG images
• Default filename format: [first_20_chars]_qr.png
• Files are saved in the current directory

🔧 Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• qrcode library with PIL support
• Pillow (PIL) for image processing

📝 Examples

Generate a QR code for a website:

python generate_qr.py "https://www.example.com"
# Output: https___www_example_com_qr.png

Create a QR code with custom settings:

python generate_qr.py "WiFi Password: MySecretPass" -o wifi_qr.png -s 8 -b 2
# Output: wifi_qr.png

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Submit a pull request

📄 License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

🐛 Issues

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please open an issue on GitHub.