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barcode generator API in JavaScript with ByteScout Cloud API Server

ByteScout Cloud API Server is API server that is ready to use and can be installed and deployed in less than 30 minutes on your own Windows server or server in a cloud. It can save data and files on your local server-based file storage or in Amazon AWS S3 storage. Data is processed solely on the API server and is powered by ByteScout engine, no cloud services or Internet connection is required for data processing..

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app.js

      
// Please NOTE: In this sample we're assuming Cloud Api Server is hosted at "https://localhost". // If it's not then please replace this with with your hosting url. var https = require("https"); var path = require("path"); var fs = require("fs"); // The authentication key (API Key). // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api const API_KEY = "***********************************"; // Result image file name const DestinationFile = "./barcode.png"; // Barcode type. See valid barcode types in the documentation https://apidocs.pdf.co/#barcode-generator const BarcodeType = "QRCode"; // Barcode value const BarcodeValue = "QR123456\nhttps://pdf.co\nhttps://bytescout.com"; /* Valid error correction levels: ---------------------------------- Low - [default] Lowest error correction level. (Approx. 7% of codewords can be restored). Medium - Medium error correction level. (Approx. 15% of codewords can be restored). Quarter - Quarter error correction level (Approx. 25% of codewords can be restored). High - Highest error correction level (Approx. 30% of codewords can be restored). */ // Set "Custom Profiles" parameter var Profiles = '{ "profiles": [{ "profile1": { "Options.QRErrorCorrectionLevel": "Quarter" } }] }'; // Prepare request to `Barcode Generator` API endpoint var queryPath = `/v1/barcode/generate`; // JSON payload for api request var jsonPayload = JSON.stringify({ name: path.basename(DestinationFile), type: BarcodeType, value: BarcodeValue, profiles: Profiles, async: true }); var reqOptions = { host: "api.pdf.co", method: "POST", path: queryPath, headers: { "x-api-key": API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json", "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(jsonPayload, 'utf8') } }; // Send request var postRequest = https.request(reqOptions, (response) => { response.on("data", (d) => { // Parse JSON response var data = JSON.parse(d); if (data.error == false) { console.log(`Job #${data.jobId} has been created!`); checkIfJobIsCompleted(data.jobId, data.url); } else { // Service reported error console.log(data.message); } }); }).on("error", (e) => { // Request error console.error(e); }); // Write request data postRequest.write(jsonPayload); postRequest.end(); function checkIfJobIsCompleted(jobId, resultFileUrl) { let queryPath = `/v1/job/check`; // JSON payload for api request let jsonPayload = JSON.stringify({ jobid: jobId }); let reqOptions = { host: "api.pdf.co", path: queryPath, method: "POST", headers: { "x-api-key": API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json", "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(jsonPayload, 'utf8') } }; // Send request var postRequest = https.request(reqOptions, (response) => { response.on("data", (d) => { response.setEncoding("utf8"); // Parse JSON response let data = JSON.parse(d); console.log(`Checking Job #${jobId}, Status: ${data.status}, Time: ${new Date().toLocaleString()}`); if (data.status == "working") { // Check again after 3 seconds setTimeout(function () { checkIfJobIsCompleted(jobId, resultFileUrl); }, 3000); } else if (data.status == "success") { // Download image file var file = fs.createWriteStream(DestinationFile); https.get(resultFileUrl, (response2) => { response2.pipe(file) .on("close", () => { console.log(`Generated image file saved as "${DestinationFile}" file.`); }); }); } else { console.log(`Operation ended with status: "${data.status}".`); } }) }); // Write request data postRequest.write(jsonPayload); postRequest.end(); }

package.json

      
{ "name": "test", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "PDF.co", "main": "app.js", "scripts": { }, "keywords": [ "pdf.co", "web", "api", "bytescout", "api" ], "author": "ByteScout & PDF.co", "license": "ISC", "dependencies": { "request": "^2.88.2" } }

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