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# ZXing

Looking for an actively maintained barcode scanning library with commercial support? 
Check out [STRICH](https://strich.io/) – Barcode Scanning for Web Apps.

## Project in Maintenance Mode Only

> [!WARNING]
> The project is in maintenance mode, meaning, changes are driven by contributed patches.
> Only bug fixes and minor enhancements will be considered.
> There is otherwise no active development or roadmap for this project. It is "DIY".

### Attention

>NOTE: While we do not have the time to actively maintain zxing-js anymore, we are open to new maintainers taking the lead.



## What is ZXing?

> [ZXing][1] ("zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library implemented in Java, with ports to other languages.

## Supported Formats

> See [Projects](https://github.com/zxing-js/library/projects) and [Milestones](https://github.com/zxing-js/library/milestones) for what is currently done and what's planned next. 👀


| 1D product | 1D industrial | 2D                                   |
|:-----------|:--------------|:-------------------------------------|
| UPC-A      | Code 39       | QR Code                              |
| UPC-E      | Code 93       | Data Matrix                          |
| EAN-8      | Code 128      | Aztec                                |
| EAN-13     | Codabar       | PDF 417                              |
|            | ITF           | MaxiCode (needs testing!)            |
|            |               | RSS-14                               |
|            |               | RSS-Expanded (not production ready!) |
|            |               | Micro-QR (needs testing!)            |

## Status

[![Maintainer wanted](https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained-help%20wanted-red)](https://npmjs.org/package/@zxing/ngx-scanner)
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## Demo

See [Live Preview](https://zxing-js.github.io/library/) in browser.

**Note:** All the examples are using ES6, be sure is supported in your browser or modify as needed, Chrome recommended.

## Installation

`npm i @zxing/library --save`

or

`yarn add @zxing/library`

## Limitations

On iOS-Devices **with iOS < 14.3** camera access works only in native Safari and not in other Browsers (Chrome,...) or Apps that use an UIWebView or WKWebView. This is not a restriction of this library but of the limited WebRTC support by Apple. The behavior might change in iOS 11.3 (Apr 2018?, not tested) as stated [here](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/releasenotes/General/WhatsNewInSafari/Articles/Safari_11_1.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014305-CH14-SW1)

> iOS 14.3 (released in december 2020) now supports WebRTC in 3rd party browsers as well 🎉 

### Browser Support

The browser layer is using the [MediaDevices](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices) web API which is not supported by older browsers.

_You can use external polyfills like [WebRTC adapter](https://github.com/webrtc/adapter) to increase browser compatibility._

Also, note that the library is using the [`TypedArray`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/TypedArray) (`Int32Array`, `Uint8ClampedArray`, etc.) which are not available in older browsers (e.g. Android 4 default browser).

_You can use [core-js](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js) to add support to these browsers._

In the PDF 417 decoder recent addition, the library now makes use of the new `BigInt` type, which [is not supported by all browsers][2] as well. There's no way to polyfill that and ponyfill libraries are **way to big**, but even if PDF 417 decoding relies on `BigInt` the rest of the library shall work ok in browsers that doesn't support it.

_There's no polyfills for `BigInt` in the way it's coded in here._

## Usage

```javascript
// use with commonJS
const { MultiFormatReader, BarcodeFormat } = require('@zxing/library');
// or with ES6 modules
import { MultiFormatReader, BarcodeFormat } from '@zxing/library';

const hints = new Map();
const formats = [BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE, BarcodeFormat.DATA_MATRIX/*, ...*/];

hints.set(DecodeHintType.POSSIBLE_FORMATS, formats);

const reader = new MultiFormatReader();

const luminanceSource = new RGBLuminanceSource(imgByteArray, imgWidth, imgHeight);
const binaryBitmap = new BinaryBitmap(new HybridBinarizer(luminanceSource));

reader.decode(binaryBitmap, hints);
```

## Contributing

See [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/zxing-js/library/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for information regarding porting approach and reasoning behind some of the approaches taken.

## Contributors

Special thanks to all the contributors who have contributed for this project. We heartly thankful to you all.

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And a special thanks to [@aleris][3] who created the project itself and made available the initial QR code port.

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[0]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@zxing/library
[1]: https://github.com/zxing/zxing
[2]: https://caniuse.com/#feat=bigint
[3]: https://github.com/aleris
