📦 Biip

Biip interprets the data in barcodes.

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Biip is a Python library for making sense of the data in barcodes.

The library can interpret the following formats:

• GTIN-8, GTIN-12, GTIN-13, and GTIN-14 numbers, commonly found in EAN-8, EAN-13, and ITF-14 barcodes.

• GS1 AI element strings, commonly found in GS1-128 barcodes.

• UPC-A and UPC-E numbers, as found in UPC-A and UPC-E barcodes.

For a quickstart guide and a complete API reference, see the documentation.

Example

>>> import biip
>>> biip.parse("]E09781492053743")
ParseResult(
    value=']E09781492053743',
    symbology_identifier=SymbologyIdentifier(
        value=']E0',
        symbology=Symbology.EAN_UPC,
        modifiers='0',
        gs1_symbology=GS1Symbology.EAN_13,
    ),
    gtin=Gtin(
        value='9781492053743',
        format=GtinFormat.GTIN_13,
        prefix=GS1Prefix(value='978', usage='Bookland (ISBN)'),
        company_prefix=None,
        payload='978149205374',
        check_digit=3,
        packaging_level=None,
    ),
    gtin_error=None,
    upc=None,
    upc_error=None,
    sscc=None,
    sscc_error=None,
    gs1_message=None,
    gs1_message_error=None,
)

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License

Copyright 2020-2025 Stein Magnus Jodal and contributors. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.