QR Code Generator and Reader (python, written by Claude Code)

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+#!/bin/bash
+# System packages this project needs on a clean Ubuntu machine.
+set -e
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+apt-get update -qq
+apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends libzbar0

Claude Code wrote this python project from the task below. It does not run on a clean Ubuntu 22.04 machine as written.

Task given to the agent:

TASK: QR Code Generator and Reader

Write a program that generates QR codes from text or URLs and reads/decodes QR codes from image files, supporting multiple output formats and error correction levels.

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Support two subcommands: generate and read
- generate: Accept text or URL content via command-line argument and produce a QR code image
- Support configurable error correction levels via --error-correction flag: L (7%), M (15%), Q (25%), H (30%); default: M
- Support configurable QR code size via --size flag (pixels for the output image, default: 300x300)
- Support configurable module (pixel block) size via --scale flag (default: 10 pixels per module)
- Support custom colors via --foreground and --background flags (hex color codes, default: black on white)
- Support multiple output formats via --format flag: PNG (default), SVG, and ASCII art (for terminal display)
- Support adding a logo/image overlay in the center of the QR code via --logo flag (relies on higher error correction to remain scannable)
- read: Accept an image file path and decode the QR code content from it
- read: Support decoding from various image formats (PNG, JPEG, BMP)
- read: Report decoded content, QR version, error correction level, and encoding mode
- Support batch generation from a file containing one content string per line via --batch flag
- Print results to console: for generation show the content encoded and output path, for reading show the decoded content
- Save decoded results as JSON with --output flag
- If no arguments are given, generate QR codes for several sample inputs (a URL, a plain text message, a vCard contact, and a Wi-Fi network config), save them as images, then read each one back and verify the decoded content matches the original
- Handle errors: content too long for QR capacity, unreadable QR codes, low-quality images, and invalid color values

Create a complete Python project for a clean Ubuntu 22.04 machine with only Python 3.10+ installed. Include:
- Source code
- requirements.txt with all dependencies (direct and transitive) pinned to exact versions
- README.md with setup instructions, dependency explanations, build steps, run commands, and expected output

[
  {
    "category": "underspecification",
    "rule": "signature.missing_system_requirement",
    "source": "failure_signature",
    "excerpt": "ImportError: Unable to find zbar shared library"
  },
  {
    "category": "underspecification",
    "rule": "diff.adds_external_environment_requirement",
    "source": "manifest_diff:setup.sh",
    "excerpt": "export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive"
  },
  {
    "category": "underspecification",
    "rule": "diff.adds_external_environment_requirement",
    "source": "manifest_diff:setup.sh",
    "excerpt": "apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends libzbar0"
  }
]

"""
QR Code Generator and Reader

Generates QR codes in PNG, SVG, and ASCII formats with configurable error
correction levels. Decodes QR codes from image files using pyzbar.

Dependencies:
    - pyqrcode 1.2.1
    - pypng 0.20220715.0
    - pyzbar 0.1.9
    - Pillow 10.2.0
"""

import argparse
import sys
import os
from io import BytesIO

import pyqrcode
from pyzbar.pyzbar import decode as pyzbar_decode, ZBarSymbol
from PIL import Image


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Error-correction level mapping for pyqrcode
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
EC_LEVELS = {
    "L": "L",
    "M": "M",
    "Q": "Q",
    "H": "H",
}


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Generation helpers
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def _make_qr(data: str, ec_level: str = "M"):
    """Create a pyqrcode QRCode object with the given parameters."""
    level = EC_LEVELS.get(ec_level.upper(), "M")
    qr = pyqrcode.create(data, error=level)
    return qr


def generate_png(data: str, output_path: str, ec_level: str = "M",
                 scale: int = 10, quiet_zone: int = 4,
                 module_color: list = None,
                 background: list = None) -> str:
    """Generate a QR code and save it as a PNG image.

    Args:
        data: The text/URL to encode.
        output_path: Destination file path.
        ec_level: Error correction level (L, M, Q, H).
        scale: Pixel size of each QR module.
        quiet_zone: Module-width of the quiet zone.
        module_color: Foreground colour as [R, G, B].
        background: Background colour as [R, G, B].

    Returns:
        The absolute path to the saved file.
    """
    if module_color is None:
        module_color = [0, 0, 0]
    if background is None:
        background = [255, 255, 255]

    qr = _make_qr(data, ec_level)
    qr.png(output_path, scale=scale, quiet_zone=quiet_zone,
           module_color=module_color, background=background)
    return os.path.abspath(output_path)


def generate_svg(data: str, output_path: str, ec_level: str = "M",
                 scale: int = 10, quiet_zone: int = 4,
                 module_color: str = "#000000",
                 background: str = "#ffffff") -> str:
    """Generate a QR code and save it as an SVG image.

    Args:
        data: The text/URL to encode.
        output_path: Destination file path.
        ec_level: Error correction level (L, M, Q, H).
        scale: Module size in SVG units.
        quiet_zone: Module-width of the quiet zone.
        module_color: Foreground colour (CSS colour string).
        background: Background colour (CSS colour string).

    Returns:
        The absolute path to the saved file.
    """
    qr = _make_qr(data, ec_level)
    qr.svg(output_path, scale=scale, quiet_zone=quiet_zone,
           module_color=module_color, background=background)
    return os.path.abspath(output_path)


def generate_ascii(data: str, ec_level: str = "M",
                   invert: bool = False) -> str:
    """Generate an ASCII representation of a QR code.

    Args:
        data: The text/URL to encode.
        ec_level: Error correction level (L, M, Q, H).
        invert: If True, swap dark/light characters.

    Returns:
        A multi-line string containing the ASCII QR code.
    """
    qr = _make_qr(data, ec_level)
    text_repr = qr.text(quiet_zone=1)

    if invert:
        # Swap 1s and 0s in the text representation
        text_repr = text_repr.replace("1", "X").replace("0", "1").replace("X", "0")

    dark_char = "\u2588\u2588"
    light_char = "  "

    lines = []
    for row_str in text_repr.strip().split("\n"):
        line = ""
        for ch in row_str:
            if ch == "1":
                line += dark_char
            elif ch == "0":
                line += light_char
        lines.append(line)
    return "\n".join(lines)


def generate_xbm(data: str, output_path: str, ec_level: str = "M",
                  scale: int = 10, quiet_zone: int = 4) -> str:
    """Generate a QR code and save it as an XBM image.

    Args:
        data: The text/URL to encode.
        output_path: Destination file path.
        ec_level: Error correction level.
        scale: Pixel size of each QR module.
        quiet_zone: Module-width of the quiet zone.

    Returns:
        The absolute path to the saved file.
    """
    qr = _make_qr(data, ec_level)
    qr.xbm(output_path, scale=scale, quiet_zone=quiet_zone)
    return os.path.abspath(output_path)


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Decoding using pyzbar
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def decode_qr(image_path: str) -> list:
    """Decode QR code(s) from an image file using pyzbar.

    Args:
        image_path: Path to the image containing one or more QR codes.

    Returns:
        A list of dicts with keys 'data', 'type', and 'rect' for each
        detected QR code.
    """
    if not os.path.isfile(image_path):
        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Image not found: {image_path}")

    img = Image.open(image_path)
    results = pyzbar_decode(img, symbols=[ZBarSymbol.QRCODE])

    decoded = []
    for obj in results:
        decoded.append({
            "data": obj.data.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
            "type": obj.type,
            "rect": {
                "left": obj.rect.left,
                "top": obj.rect.top,
                "width": obj.rect.width,
                "height": obj.rect.height,
            },
            "polygon": [(p.x, p.y) for p in obj.polygon],
        })
    return decoded


def decode_qr_from_bytes(image_bytes: bytes) -> list:
    """Decode QR code(s) from raw image bytes using pyzbar.

    Args:
        image_bytes: Raw bytes of a PNG/JPEG/BMP image.

    Returns:
        A list of dicts with keys 'data', 'type', 'rect', and 'polygon'.
    """
    img = Image.open(BytesIO(image_bytes))
    results = pyzbar_decode(img, symbols=[ZBarSymbol.QRCODE])

    decoded = []
    for obj in results:
        decoded.append({
            "data": obj.data.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
            "type": obj.type,
            "rect": {
                "left": obj.rect.left,
                "top": obj.rect.top,
                "width": obj.rect.width,
                "height": obj.rect.height,
            },
            "polygon": [(p.x, p.y) for p in obj.polygon],
        })
    return decoded


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Roundtrip helper
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def roundtrip(data: str, ec_level: str = "M") -> bool:
    """Encode data into a QR PNG in-memory, then decode it back and verify.

    Returns True if the decoded data matches the original.
    """
    buf = BytesIO()
    qr = _make_qr(data, ec_level)
    qr.png(buf, scale=10)
    buf.seek(0)

    decoded = decode_qr_from_bytes(buf.read())
    if not decoded:
        return False
    return decoded[0]["data"] == data


def get_qr_info(data: str, ec_level: str = "M") -> dict:
    """Return metadata about the QR code that would be generated.

    Args:
        data: The text/URL to encode.
        ec_level: Error correction level.

    Returns:
        Dictionary with version, mode, and module count information.
    """
    qr = _make_qr(data, ec_level)
    return {
        "version": qr.version,
        "mode": qr.mode,
        "error": ec_level.upper(),
        "data_length": len(data),
    }


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CLI
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

def _build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description="QR Code Generator and Reader (pyqrcode + pyzbar)"
    )
    sub = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", help="Sub-command")

    # -- generate --------------------------------------------------------
    gen = sub.add_parser("generate", help="Generate a QR code")
    gen.add_argument("data", help="Text or URL to encode")
    gen.add_argument("-o", "--output", default="qrcode.png",
                     help="Output file path (default: qrcode.png)")
    gen.add_argument("-f", "--format", choices=["png", "svg", "ascii", "xbm"],
                     default="png", help="Output format")
    gen.add_argument("-e", "--ec-level", choices=["L", "M", "Q", "H"],
                     default="M", help="Error correction level")
    gen.add_argument("--scale", type=int, default=10,
                     help="Module pixel size (PNG/SVG)")
    gen.add_argument("--quiet-zone", type=int, default=4,
                     help="Border width in modules")
    gen.add_argument("--invert", action="store_true",
                     help="Invert ASCII colours")

    # -- decode ----------------------------------------------------------
    dec = sub.add_parser("decode", help="Decode QR code(s) from an image")
    dec.add_argument("image", help="Path to image file")

    # -- roundtrip -------------------------------------------------------
    rt = sub.add_parser("roundtrip", help="Encode then decode to verify")
    rt.add_argument("data", help="Text to roundtrip")
    rt.add_argument("-e", "--ec-level", choices=["L", "M", "Q", "H"],
                    default="M", help="Error correction level")

    # -- info ------------------------------------------------------------
    info = sub.add_parser("info", help="Show QR code metadata")
    info.add_argument("data", help="Text to analyze")
    info.add_argument("-e", "--ec-level", choices=["L", "M", "Q", "H"],
                      default="M", help="Error correction level")

    return parser


def main(argv=None) -> int:
    parser = _build_parser()
    args = parser.parse_args(argv)

    if args.command is None:
        parser.print_help()
        return 0

    if args.command == "generate":
        if args.format == "ascii":
            print(generate_ascii(args.data, args.ec_level, args.invert))
        elif args.format == "svg":
            path = generate_svg(args.data, args.output, args.ec_level,
                                args.scale, args.quiet_zone)
            print(f"SVG QR code saved to {path}")
        elif args.format == "xbm":
            path = generate_xbm(args.data, args.output, args.ec_level,
                                args.scale, args.quiet_zone)
            print(f"XBM QR code saved to {path}")
        else:
            path = generate_png(args.data, args.output, args.ec_level,
                                args.scale, args.quiet_zone)
            print(f"PNG QR code saved to {path}")

    elif args.command == "decode":
        results = decode_qr(args.image)
        if not results:
            print("No QR codes found in the image.")
            return 1
        for i, item in enumerate(results, 1):
            print(f"QR #{i}:")
            print(f"  Data: {item['data']}")
            print(f"  Type: {item['type']}")
            print(f"  Rect: {item['rect']}")
            print(f"  Polygon: {item['polygon']}")

    elif args.command == "roundtrip":
        ok = roundtrip(args.data, args.ec_level)
        if ok:
            print("Roundtrip successful: decoded data matches original.")
        else:
            print("Roundtrip FAILED: decoded data does not match.")
            return 1

    elif args.command == "info":
        info = get_qr_info(args.data, args.ec_level)
        for key, val in info.items():
            print(f"  {key}: {val}")

    return 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())

# QR Code Generator and Reader

Generates QR codes in PNG, SVG, XBM, and ASCII formats with configurable error correction levels. Decodes QR codes from image files using pyzbar.

## Dependencies

- **pyqrcode** (1.2.1) - Pure-Python QR code generator
- **pypng** (0.20220715.0) - PNG image encoder used by pyqrcode for PNG output
- **pyzbar** (0.1.9) - Python wrapper for the zbar barcode/QR reader library
- **Pillow** (10.2.0) - Image processing library for loading images for decoding

## Installation

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Note: pyzbar requires the zbar shared library. On Ubuntu/Debian: `sudo apt-get install libzbar0`. On macOS: `brew install zbar`.

## Usage

### Generate a QR code (PNG)
```bash
python qr_tool.py generate "https://example.com" -o myqr.png
```

### Generate a QR code (SVG)
```bash
python qr_tool.py generate "Hello World" -f svg -o myqr.svg
```

### Generate a QR code (ASCII)
```bash
python qr_tool.py generate "Hello World" -f ascii
```

### Generate a QR code (XBM)
```bash
python qr_tool.py generate "Hello World" -f xbm -o myqr.xbm
```

### Decode a QR code
```bash
python qr_tool.py decode myqr.png
```

### Roundtrip verification
```bash
python qr_tool.py roundtrip "Test data"
```

### Show QR code info
```bash
python qr_tool.py info "Some text" -e H
```

## Options

- `-e, --ec-level` - Error correction level: L, M (default), Q, H
- `--scale` - Module pixel size (default: 10)
- `--quiet-zone` - Border width in modules (default: 4)
- `--invert` - Invert ASCII colors

pyqrcode==1.2.1
pypng==0.20220715.0
pyzbar==0.1.9
Pillow==10.2.0