QRDM provides a python package, network API endpoints, and web interfaces for encoding and decoding documents as a series of QR codes.
The qrdm
package is written in pure Python; the ease of installation is dependent on
availability of its dependencies.
The simplest method of installing the qrdm
package is via pip
.
pip install qrdm
If pip
is able to reach a suitable package index, qrdm
will install along with its
core Python dependencies.
IMPORTANT
The QR decoding functionality depends on the
pyzbar
python package, which in turn depends on thezbar
shared library. This may require you to install thezbar
package via your system's package manager. See thepyzbar
installation instructions for more details.
Two main "package extras" are available for qrdm
that provide REST API application
("backend") and Web application ("frontend") services for the QR encoding & decoding
functions. These can be included by specifying qrdm[backend]
or
qrdm[frontend]
to the installation command above, respectively.
A Streamlit "frontend" can be run via:
git clone https://github.com/mit-ll/qrdm
cd qrdm
python -m pip install .[frontend]
streamlit run ui/QRDM_Home.py --client.toolbarMode=viewer
This will host the app at http://localhost:8501
by default, with pages for QR encoding
and decoding. The host and port can be controlled by passing --server.port=XXXX
and
--server.address=X.X.X.X
, as per the syntax of the streamlit run
command.
To run the "backend" FastAPI app via uvicorn, use uvicorn
directly. For example:
python -m pip install qrdm[backend]
uvicorn qrdm.backend:app --host localhost --port 8182
This will result in the app being hosted at http://localhost:8182
. Swagger
documentation will be hosted at http://localhost:8182/docs
, if an internet connection
is available. Further options are available via uvicorn
command-line configuration.
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