---
title: "Read QR codes and barcodes from a picture"
method: POST
path: "/v1/barcode/read"
tags: ["QR codes and barcodes"]
---

# Read QR codes and barcodes from a picture

`POST /v1/barcode/read`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dharun.dev`
- URL: `https://api.dharun.dev/v1/barcode/read`
- Auth: none declared

Finds every QR code in a photo or screenshot, and Data Matrix, Aztec, EAN, UPC, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, ITF and Codabar codes. Not PDF417. Returns each code's kind, text and position. Options go in the query string, or as form fields when the file is sent as multipart/form-data.

## Response `200`

Success

- Envelope
  - `data` unknown, required
  - `meta` object, required
    - `limit` integer
    - `note` string
    - `offset` integer
    - `source` object: Where the data came from and the credit its licence asks for.
      - `attribution` string
      - `licence` string
      - `name` string
      - `retrieved` string
      - `url` string
      - `version` string
    - `total` integer

## Other responses

- `400`: Error
- `404`: Error
- `413`: Error
- `429`: Error

---

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