# QR Code Toolkit — Bulk Generate with Custom Colors & Logos (`accurate_pouch/qr-code-toolkit`) Actor

Generate QR codes in bulk with custom colors, error correction levels, and logo overlays. PNG, SVG, or base64 output. 10 QR codes free per run.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/accurate\_pouch/qr-code-toolkit.md
- **Developed by:** [Manchitt Sanan](https://apify.com/accurate_pouch) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$4.00 / 1,000 qr code generateds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## QR Code Toolkit — Bulk Generate with Custom Colors & Logos

Generate QR codes in bulk with custom dark/light colors, logo overlays, configurable error correction, and multiple output formats (PNG, SVG, base64). 10 QR codes.

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### Why this exists

Existing QR code actors on Apify only generate basic black-and-white codes. This actor adds:

- **Custom colors** — any dark/light hex color combination
- **Logo overlay** — place your brand logo in the center of the QR code (requires H error correction)
- **SVG output** — vector format, infinitely scalable
- **Base64 output** — embed directly in HTML/email without hosting
- **Configurable error correction** — L (7%), M (15%), Q (25%), H (30% — required for logos)
- **Bulk generation** — hundreds of codes in one run

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### Quick start

```json
{
    "items": [
        {
            "mode": "generate",
            "generate": {
                "text": "https://example.com/",
                "size": 400,
                "darkColor": "#1a1a2e",
                "lightColor": "#ffffff"
            }
        }
    ]
}
```

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### Generate options

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `text` | string | *(required)* | Text, URL, or data to encode |
| `size` | integer | `400` | QR code width/height in pixels |
| `errorCorrectionLevel` | enum | `M` | L (7%), M (15%), Q (25%), H (30%). Use H if adding a logo. |
| `darkColor` | string | `#000000` | Hex color for dark modules |
| `lightColor` | string | `#ffffff` | Hex color for light/background |
| `format` | enum | `png` | `png`, `svg`, or `base64` |
| `logoUrl` | string | *(optional)* | URL to a logo image. Overlaid in the center. Use error correction H. |
| `logoScale` | number | `0.2` | Logo size as fraction of QR code (0.1–0.3 recommended) |
| `margin` | integer | `2` | Quiet zone modules around the QR code |

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### Output

Generated QR codes are stored in the **Key-Value Store**. Each item also produces a dataset entry:

```json
{
    "mode": "generate",
    "text": "https://example.com/",
    "outputKey": "qr-https___example_com.png",
    "outputFormat": "png",
    "outputSize": 1847,
    "status": "success",
    "error": null
}
```

For `base64` format, the dataset entry includes a `base64` field with the full data URL.

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### Pricing

**$0.003 per QR code generated** (pay-per-event pricing).

- Errors and dry runs are never charged.
- 100 QR codes = $0.30
- 1,000 QR codes = $3.00

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### Limitations

- **QR decoding** reads QR codes from image URLs. Pass `mode: "decode"` with `decode: { imageUrl: "..." }`. Returns the decoded text.
- **Logo overlay increases file size** and requires error correction level H for reliable scanning.
- **SVG format does not support logo overlay** — use PNG for logos.
- **Maximum text length depends on error correction level.** L supports more data, H supports less. Typical max: ~2,000 characters at level M.

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### Related actors in this suite

Other tools by [accurate\_pouch](https://apify.com/accurate_pouch) for content + asset workflows:

- **[PDF Toolkit](https://apify.com/accurate_pouch/pdf-toolkit)** — Text, metadata, page count. $0.004/PDF.
- **[Google Sheets R/W](https://apify.com/accurate_pouch/google-sheets-rw)** — Read, append, replace, modify, backup. $0.004/op.
- **[TheCrawler](https://apify.com/accurate_pouch/the-crawler)** — Web scraper + LLM-powered structured extraction. AGPL-3.0, also on npm (`thecrawler@0.1.1`). $0.005/page.
- **[Broken Link Checker](https://apify.com/accurate_pouch/broken-link-checker)** — Recursive crawl, sitemap + robots.txt parsing, webhook, Sheets export. $0.005/page.

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### Run on Apify

[![Run on Apify](https://apify.com/static/run-on-apify.svg)](https://apify.com/accurate_pouch/qr-code-toolkit)

No setup needed. Click above to run in the cloud. $0.003 per operation.

# Actor input Schema

## `items` (type: `array`):

Array of QR code operations. Each item has mode: 'generate' and a generate object with text + options.

## `dryRun` (type: `boolean`):

Generate QR codes but don't charge.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "mode": "generate",
      "generate": {
        "text": "https://example.com/",
        "size": 400,
        "darkColor": "#000000",
        "lightColor": "#ffffff"
      }
    }
  ],
  "dryRun": false
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "items": [
        {
            "mode": "generate",
            "generate": {
                "text": "https://example.com/",
                "size": 400,
                "darkColor": "#000000",
                "lightColor": "#ffffff"
            }
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("accurate_pouch/qr-code-toolkit").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "items": [{
            "mode": "generate",
            "generate": {
                "text": "https://example.com/",
                "size": 400,
                "darkColor": "#000000",
                "lightColor": "#ffffff",
            },
        }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("accurate_pouch/qr-code-toolkit").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "items": [
    {
      "mode": "generate",
      "generate": {
        "text": "https://example.com/",
        "size": 400,
        "darkColor": "#000000",
        "lightColor": "#ffffff"
      }
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call accurate_pouch/qr-code-toolkit --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,accurate_pouch/qr-code-toolkit"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/9MITJktGDkEDgri0w/builds/xkmiXeLLzTgb3qbVi/openapi.json