QR-Code-Generator

This scripting project generates QR codes for custom-designed meal stubs. The 2000 meal stubs are embedded in PDF files, making them ready for printing.

Tools mainly used:

• Python
• ReportLab

Example output (Designed Jan 05, 2025. Design is subject to change.):

Project Structure

data/duckdb-implementation.ipynb

DuckDB implementation of storing and generating of the generated IDs. Preceded by SQLite which is now unsupported and removed.

Streamlined Generation using CLI

The following instructions assumes that the current working directory is the root folder and have 'virtualenv' package installed.

If you don't have 'virtualenv' installed, you can install it using 'pip'.

pip install virtualenv

Running the script

1. Create a virtual environment. If you haven't yet.

Linux

virtualenv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

Powershell

virtualenv .venv
.venv/bin/activate

2. Install required dependencies.

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Move your working directory to 'data'.

Linux and Powershell

cd data

4. Run the script.

Linux

python batch_generate.py

Powershell

python ./batch_generate.py