Scanning a barcode from an image file with the Capacitor Barcode Scanner SDK

In addition to detecting barcodes from a live camera stream, the Barcode Scanner SDK can scan barcodes from still images imported from the gallery or any other source.

To scan barcodes from an image (PNG or JPG file), use the ScanbotBarcode.scanFromImage function.

Scanning Barcodes From Image

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The result object contains a list of recognized barcodes as items. Please refer to BarcodeScannerResult for more details.

Arguments

Set the image property as part of the input arguments. In addition, you can choose which barcode formats to accept, min/max length, or any other property that is part of the BarcodeScannerConfiguration.

With BarcodeFormatCommonConfiguration, you can configure the scanner for all barcode formats at once.

In addition, you can have configurations for a specific barcode format or a format group. For example, BarcodeFormatCommonTwoDConfiguration.

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