Dynamsoft Barcode Reader JavaScript Edition is equipped with industry-leading algorithms for exceptional speed, accuracy and read rates in barcode reading. With its well-designed API, you can turn your web page into a barcode scanner with just a few lines of code.
Once integrated, your users can open your website in a browser, access their cameras and read barcodes directly from the video input.
In this guide, you will learn step by step on how to integrate this library into your website.
Let's start with the "Hello World" example of the library which demonstrates how to use the minimum code to enable a web page to read barcodes from a live video stream.
The complete code of the "Hello World" example is shown below
<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><scriptsrc="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/dbr.js"></script><script>// Specifies a license, you can visit https://www.dynamsoft.com/customer/license/trialLicense?ver=9.0.2&utm_source=github&product=dbr&package=js to get your own trial license good for 30 days. Dynamsoft.DBR.BarcodeScanner.license='DLS2eyJvcmdhbml6YXRpb25JRCI6IjIwMDAwMSJ9';// Initializes and uses the library(async()=>{letscanner=awaitDynamsoft.DBR.BarcodeScanner.createInstance();scanner.onFrameRead=results=>{if(results.length>0)console.log(results);};scanner.onUniqueRead=(txt,result)=>{alert(txt);};awaitscanner.show();})();</script></body></html>
About the code
license: This property specifies a license key. Note that the license "DLS2eyJvcmdhbml6YXRpb25JRCI6IjIwMDAwMSJ9" used in this example is an online license and requires network connection to work. Read more on Specify the license.
createInstance(): This method creates a BarcodeScanner object. This object can read barcodes directly from a video input with the help of its interactive UI (hidden by default) and the MediaDevices interface.
onFrameRead: This event is triggered every time the library finishes scanning a video frame. The results object contains all the barcode results that the library have found on this frame. In this example, we print the results to the browser console.
onUniqueRead: This event is triggered when the library finds a new barcode, which is not a duplicate among multiple frames. txt holds the barcode text value while result is an object that holds details of the barcode. In this example, an alert will be displayed for this new barcode.
show(): This method brings up the built-in UI of the BarcodeScanner object and starts scanning.
Step Two: Test the example
To test the example, you can open the copy deployed to Dynamsoft Server here. You will be asked to allow access to your camera, after which the video will be displayed on the page. After that, you can point the camera at a barcode to read it.
When a barcode is decoded, you will see the result text pop up and the barcode location will be highlighted in the video feed.
Alternatively, you can make a local test simply by taking the code in step 1, pasting it in a file with the name "hello-world.html" and open it in a browser.
Note:
If you open the web page as file:/// or http:// , the camera may not work correctly because the API getUserMedia usually requires HTTPS to access the camera.
To make sure your web application can access the camera, please configure your web server to support HTTPS. The following links may help.
To test the library, you can request a 30-day trial license via the customer portal.
If you registered a Dynamsoft account and downloaded the library from the official website, Dynamsoft will generate a 30-day trial license for you and put the license key into all the samples that come with the library.
Specify the location of the "engine" files
This is usually only required with frameworks like Angular or React, etc. where dbr.js is compiled into another file.
The purpose is to tell the library where to find the engine files (*.worker.js, *.wasm.js and *.wasm, etc.). The API is called engineResourcePath:
//The following code uses the jsDelivr CDN, feel free to change it to your own location of these filesDynamsoft.DBR.BarcodeScanner.engineResourcePath="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/";
Interact with the library
Create a BarcodeScanner object
You can use one of two classes ( BarcodeScanner and BarcodeReader ) to interact with the library. BarcodeReader is a low-level class that processes images directly. BarcodeScanner , on the other hand, inherits from BarcodeReader and provides high-level APIs and a built-in GUI to allow continuous barcode scanning on video frames. We'll focus on BarcodeScanner in this guide.
To use the library, we first create a BarcodeScanner object.
Tip: When creating a BarcodeScanner object within a function which may be called more than once, it's best to use a "helper" variable to avoid double creation such as pScanner in the following code
// Sets which camera and what resolution to useletallCameras=awaitscanner.getAllCameras();awaitscanner.setCurrentCamera(allCameras[0].deviceId);awaitscanner.setResolution(1280,720);
// Sets up the scanner behaviorletscanSettings=awaitscanner.getScanSettings();// Disregards duplicated results found in a specified time period (in milliseconds)scanSettings.duplicateForgetTime=5000;// Sets a scan interval in milliseconds so the library may release the CPU from time to time// (setting this value larger is a simple way to save battery power and reduce device heating).scanSettings.intervalTime=100;awaitscanner.updateScanSettings(scanSettings);
// Uses one of the built-in RuntimeSetting templates: "single" (decode a single barcode, the default mode), "speed", "balance" and "coverage"awaitscanner.updateRuntimeSettings("speed");// Makes changes to the template. The code below demonstrates how to specify enabled symbologiesletruntimeSettings=awaitscanner.getRuntimeSettings();runtimeSettings.barcodeFormatIds=Dynamsoft.DBR.EnumBarcodeFormat.BF_ONED|Dynamsoft.DBR.EnumBarcodeFormat.BF_QR_CODE;awaitscanner.updateRuntimeSettings(runtimeSettings);
As you can see from the above code snippets, there are three types of configurations:
Customize the data source: This configuration includes which camera to use, the preferred resolution, etc. Learn more here.
get/updateScanSettings: Configures the behavior of the scanner which includes duplicateForgetTime and intervalTime, etc.
get/updateRuntimeSettings: Configures the decode engine with either a built-in template or a comprehensive RuntimeSettings object. For example, the following uses the built-in "speed" settings with updated localizationModes.
You must set defaultUIElementURL before you call createInstance() .
Append the default UI element to your page, customize it before showing it.
<divid="div-ui-container"></div>
document.getElementById('div-ui-container').appendChild(scanner.getUIElement());document.getElementsByClassName('dce-btn-close')[0].hidden=true;// Hide the close button
Build the UI element into your own web page and specify it with the API setUIElement(HTMLElement).
The video element will be created and appended to the DIV element with the class dce-video-container , make sure the class name is the same. Besides, the CSS property position of the DIV element must be either relative , absolute , fixed , or sticky .
If the class names for these lists match the default ones, dce-sel-camera and dce-sel-resolution , the library will automatically populate the lists and handle the camera/resolution switching.
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