QRMAN - QR Code and Shorturl Generator

QRMAN written entirely in PHP with Ajax interface using jQuery is a simple QR Code and Shorturl Generator. Now you can run your own QR Code Generation and Shorturl service from your domain.

QRMAN Features

Open Source software - released under GPL License.
Generates 10 types of QR Codes.
Generates Shorturl for every QR Code.
Generates Tracking Code and Non Tracking Code.
Create, Edit and Delete QR codes.
Url Redirection for Urls and Bookmarks - similar to shorturl services.
Excellent statistics: click reports, referrers tracking, visitors geo-location, platform and browsers.
Clean Ajax interface.
API for QR Code Generation, Store QR Codes and Fetch statistics.
API output in JSON, JSONP and XML.
Supports Cross Domain Ajax Request.
Inbuilt Installer for easy Installation .
User Management feature for Admin.
Registration, Password reset feature for users.

Download

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Your contribution will help in the further development of QRMAN

QRMAN 1.1 Installation

Unzip the QRMAN archive
Upload the unzipped files to your domain public_html or www folder
Create a new database ( tables are automatically created by the installer )
Point your browser to http://yoursite.com/ and follow the on screen instructions.

Configuration

qr-config.php - is automatically created by the installer. This file contains the settings required to run QRMAN so you must know few things about the settings within this file.

DB Settings

define('QRGEN_DB_HOST', 'localhost'); The database host, example: 'localhost'
define('QRGEN_DB_USER', 'db user'); your MySQL username, example: 'jack'
define('QRGEN_DB_PASS', 'db pass'); your MySQL password, example: 'Secret123'
define('QRGEN_DB_NAME', 'qrman'); The database name, example: 'qrman'
define('QRGEN_DB_PREFIX', 'qr_'); The name prefix for all the tables QRMAN will need, example: 'qr_'

Email Setting

define('EMAIL_WELCOME', true); set this false if you do not want your users to receive a welcome Email after registration.

QRMAN API - Generate QR Codes

Features

Generate QR Codes or Get the stats of existing QR Code
Save QR Codes based on the type.
Output format: JSON, XML, JSONP - for stats and save the qrcodes.
Output format: image/png - for generating QR Codes
Authentification through API key which is automatically generated when the user is created

Usage

You need to send parameters to http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php either via GET or POST always remember to URL encode the parameters if you are sending via GET.

Parameters for generating QR Code

Parameter	Value	Description
action	qr	Specifies that your are requesting a QR Code e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=qr
ec	L, M, Q, H	Error Correction value, it can be any one of these vales. e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=qr&ec=L More on Error Correction values below this table
size	width and height	Width and height of the image e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=qr&size=widthxheight If size is not provided the size is determined automatically.
data	Actual data to be encoded	This data will be coverted to QR Code, So you need to encode it for various types like urls, bookmarks, vcard etc e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=qr&data=yourdata

Error Correction Values

These values specify the error correction level of the QR Code, so the generated QR Code can recover certain amount of data lost due to the damage of QR Codes.

L - Recovery of 7% Data loss
M - Recovery of 15% Data loss
Q - Recovery of 25% Data loss
H - Recovery of 30% Data loss

Sample PHP code


$width = $height = 200;
$url = urlencode("http://techlister.com"); 
$error = 'L';
echo "<img src="http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?size={$width}x{$height}&action=qr&ec=$error&data=$url" />";

Sample Output

Cross Domain Ajax request

You can also create QR Codes by sending data through Ajax request. But while sending through ajax you must set a parameter to identify ajax request. Set an hidden field with value "ajax" and send the form data via Ajax.

Example HTML


<form action="http://formican.com/qr-api.php" id="qrform" method="post">
<input type="text" name="data">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="qr">
<input type="hidden" name="ajax" value="ajax">
<input type="submit" name="Send">
</form>
<div id="qrc"></div>

Example Ajax ( jQuery )


$(document).on('submit', '#qrform', function( event ) {
	event.preventDefault();
	var formd = $(this).serialize();

	$.ajax({
		type: 'POST',
		url: 'http://formican.com/qr-api.php',
		crossDomain: true,
		data: formd,
		success: function( image ) {
			$('#qrc').html( '<img src="data:image/png;base64,' + image + '"/>' );				
		},
		error: function (responseData, textStatus, errorThrown) {
			alert( 'POST failed.' + responseData + ' | ' + textStatus + ' | ' + errorThrown );
		}
	});
});

Note:

You must note that, setting an input field with "ajax" as value will send you the image as base64 encoded string which you need to insert in the document as shown above. If "ajax" field is not set while making an Ajax request you will not get the desired output

QRMAN API - Generate, Save and retrieve Statistics.

This feature provides a flexible interface to generate QR Codes. You simply send all the required data, and the QRMAN will take care of encoding them and converting them into QR Codes.

Usage

You need to send parameters to http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php either via GET or POST. This feature also supports cross domain Ajax request. Exmples can be found inside the docs folder.

Example


http://www.formican.com/qr-api.php?action=save&qt=bookmarks&title=free 3d models&url=http://animium.com&apk=420e6225cfb09dcd2c4b66b18ff1bed6&format=xml&tr=3

Example Output


<result>
	<qrimg>http://formican.com/qrimages/admin/qrcode1365495952.png</qrimg>
	<width>273</width>
	<status>success</status>
	<trwidth>217</trwidth>
	<trimg>http://formican.com/qrimages/admin/trackcode1365495952.png</trimg>
	<trcstatus>3</trcstatus>
	<qrtype>bookmarks</qrtype>
	<shorturl>http://formican.com/o</shorturl>
</result>

Parameters for generating QR Code

Expected Parameters

Parameter	Value	Description
action	save	Specifies that your are requesting the api to save the QR Code e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=save
qt	QR Code Types can be one of the following urls bookmarks texts telephones sms emails emsg mecard vcard geo	Specifies the type of qr code to be generated e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=save&qt=bookmarks
apk	api key	Your api key which you will get while registering your account. e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=save&apk=secret
format	Expected output format can be one of the following XML JSON JSONP	Output will be presented in these formats. Default format is xml e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=save&format=json
tr	Tracking Status can be one of the following 1 - Tracking Code only 2 - Non Tracking Code 3 - Both	The type of QR Code to be Generated. Default is 1 e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=save&tr=3

Tracking and Non Tracking

Tracking Code - Tracking code contains the shorturl generated for every QR Code, which actually provides tracking ability.

Non Tracking Code - This is the actual data, for example vcard data, that contains name, address etc.

QR Code Data Parameters

These are the actual parameters send to the server to be encoded into QR Code, for example to create a bookmark, the following parameters are required.

title - title of the website

url - url of the website

the above parameters can be send as shown in the example, and encoding will be taken care of by the api.

Following are the parameters to be sent for various types of QR Codes. You can setup a form with all the required field names and submit it to the api, also remember it supports Cross Domain Ajax requests.

Parameter	Description
Bookmarks
url	Url of the site
title	title of the site - will be detected automatically if left empty
Urls
url	Url of the site
Texts
simptxt	Simple Text
Telephones
phno	Phone number
Sms
phno	Phone number
smstxt	Sms Text
Emails
email	Email id
Email message
email	Email id
subject	Subject of the Email
body	Body of the email
Mecard
fname	First name
fname	First name
phno	Phone number
email	Email id
url	Web address
note	Additional Notes
bday	Birthday - in this format YYYY-MM-DD
street	Address - street
city	Address - city
state	Address - state
zip	Address - zip
country	Address - country
vCard
vcver	Vcard Version - can be one of the following - 2.1, 3.0 or 4.0 - do not leave the ".0" in version numbers
fname	First name
lname	Last name
wphno	Work phone number
hphno	Home phone number
bday	Birthday - in this format YYYY-MM-DD
email	Email id
url	Web address
photo	Url of the photo image
org	Oranisaion
title	Title
hstreet	Home address - street
hcity	Home addresss - city
hstate	Home address - state
hzip	Home address - zip
hcountry	Home address - country
wstreet	Work address - street
wcity	Work address - city
wstate	Work address - state
wzip	Work address - zip
wcountry	Work address - country
Geo Location
lat	Latitude
lng	Longitude
altitude	Altitude

Retrieve Statistics

You can get the number clicks by country with this feature.

Usage

You need to send parameters to http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php either via GET or POST. This feature also supports cross domain Ajax request. Exmples can be found inside the docs folder.

Example


http://formican.com/qr-api.php?action=stat&kw=J&format=xml&apk=f0ebc7890scghjkyrwf651bc1a63d

Example Output


	<result>
	<keyword>J</keyword>
	<type>vcard</type>
	<timestamp>2013-04-16 23:09:59</timestamp>
	<ip>117.254.148.117</ip>
	<clicks>3</clicks>
	<shorturl>http://formican.com/J</shorturl>
	<countries>
	<IN>2</IN>
	<US>1</US>
	</countries>
	</result>

Expected Parameters

Parameter	Value	Description
action	stat	Specifies that your are requesting the api to fetch the statistics e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=stat
format	Expected output format can be one of the following XML JSON JSONP	Output will be presented in these formats. Default format is xml e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=stat&format=json
apk	api key	Your api key which you will get while registering your account. e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=stat&apk=secret
kw	keyword	keyword or shorturl for which the statistics is requested e.g: http://yoursite.com/qr-api.php?action=stat&kw=Z

Credits

Author

Savoul Pelister

pelister@techlister.com

Software Testing

Sathish Rajakumar

http://techlister.com

For support or feature requests write to us at the above email address or leave a comment on http://techlister.com/php/qrman-url-shortener-and-qr-code-generator/865/ Thanks to everyone who helped to make this simple piece of software.

Software Requirements

PHP 5.2.4+

MySQL 5.0+

PHP Data Objects ( PDO ) interface is used to access MySQL

htaccess file

QRMAN needs its own .htaccess located in the root of the installation You cannot install QRMAN along with other apps or scripts like WordPress, in the same directory. They need their own .htaccess file as they handle urls differently. If you want to install QRMAN on the same domain, then install it in a subdirectory, such as yoursite.com/qrman.

QRMAN 1.1

QRMAN - QR Code and Shorturl Generator

QRMAN Features

Download

QRMAN 1.1 Installation

Configuration

DB Settings

Email Setting

QRMAN API - Generate QR Codes

Features

Usage

Parameters for generating QR Code

Error Correction Values

Sample PHP code

Sample Output

Cross Domain Ajax request

Example HTML

Example Ajax ( jQuery )

Note:

QRMAN API - Generate, Save and retrieve Statistics.

Usage

Example

Example Output

Parameters for generating QR Code

Expected Parameters

Tracking and Non Tracking

QR Code Data Parameters

Retrieve Statistics

Usage

Example

Example Output

Expected Parameters

Credits

Author

Software Testing

Proposed Development Plan

Software Requirements

htaccess file