Written by Lily Gates
January 2025

Description

Create and save a .png of a QR Code based on user input provided through command-line arguments. The script generates a QR Code from a URL and allows the user to choose between light or dark mode for styling.

Usage

python3 qr_code_maker.py <url>, <"light"|"dark">, <file_name>

• : The endpoint or link you want to encode in the QR Code
• "light" or "dark": Choose the style of the QR Code (light mode: black on white, dark mode: white on black)
• <file_name>: The name you'd like to save the generated QR Code as (without the .png extension)

Example:

python3 qr_code_maker.py https://example.com light example_qr

Required Dependencies

• os
• qrcode