Create and Read QR code using Python

A simple step by step guide on how to make and read QR code using python

Abhijith Chandradas
Towards Data Science
4 min readJul 28, 2021

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What is QR code?

QR codes are machine readable two dimensional pixelated barcodes which can be used to store a variety of information. QR in QR code stands for Quick Response.
QR code was invented by a Japanese engineer Masahiro Hara from automobile manufacturer Denso Wave in the year 1994 to track the movement of car parts.
QR Code has increased in popularity in the later 2010s with improvement in optical…

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