# jquery.qrcode.js <a href='http://jeromeetienne.github.com/jquery-qrcode'>jquery.qrcode.js</a> is *jquery plugin for a pure browser qrcode generation*. It allow you to easily add qrcode to your webpages. It is standalone, less than 4k after minify+gzip, no image download. It doesnt rely on external services which go on and off, or add latency while loading. It is based on a <a href='http://www.d-project.com/qrcode/index.html'>library</a> which build qrcode in various language. <a href='http://jeromeetienne.github.com/jquery-qrcode'>jquery.qrcode.js</a> wraps it to make it easy to include in your own code. Show, dont tell, here is a <a href='https://github.com/jeromeetienne/jquery-qrcode/blob/master/examples/basic.html'>example</a> ## How to Use It Let me walk you thru it. First include it in your webpage with the usual script tag <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.qrcode.min.js"></script> Then create a DOM element which gonna contains the generated qrcode image. Lets say a div <div id="qrcode"></div> Then you add the *qrcode* in this container by jquery('#qrcode').qrcode("this plugin is great"); This is it. see it <a href='examples/basic.html'>live</a>. You can set the height and width of the generated qrcode: jquery('#qrcode').qrcode({width: 64,height: 64,text: "size doesn't matter"}); ## Conclusion <a href='http://jeromeetienne.github.com/jquery-qrcode'>jquery.qrcode.js</a> is available on github <a href='https://github.com/jeromeetienne/jquery-qrcode'>here</a> under <a href='https://github.com/jeromeetienne/jquery-qrcode/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE.txt'>MIT license</a>. If you hit bugs, fill issues on github. Feel free to fork, modify and have fun with it :)