QR Code With Redundancy Setting | VB.NET | Barcode Generator APIByteScout QR Code SDK

QR Code With Redundancy Setting | VB.NET | Barcode Generator API

Module1.vb:

VB
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq

Module Module1

    ' The authentication key (API Key).
    ' Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
    Const API_KEY As String = "***********************************"

    ' Result file name
    Const ResultFileName As String = ".\barcode.png"
    ' Barcode type. See valid barcode types in the documentation https://apidocs.pdf.co/#barcode-generator
    Const BarcodeType As String = "QRCode"
    ' Barcode value
    Const BarcodeValue As String = "QR123456
https://pdf.co
https://bytescout.com"

    Sub Main()

        ' Create standard .NET web client instance
        Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient()

        ' Set API Key
        webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY)

        ' Set JSON content type
        webClient.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

        ' Prepare URL for `Barcode Generator` API call
        Dim url As String = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/generate"


        ' Valid error correction levels:
        ' ----------------------------------
        ' Low -[default] Lowest error correction level. (Approx. 7% of codewords can be restored).
        ' Medium -Medium error correction level. (Approx. 15% of codewords can be restored).
        ' Quarter -Quarter error correction level (Approx. 25% of codewords can be restored).
        ' High -Highest error correction level (Approx. 30% of codewords can be restored).

        ' Set "Custom Profiles" parameter
        Dim Profiles As String = "{ ""profiles"": [ { ""profile1"": { ""Options.QRErrorCorrectionLevel"": ""Quarter"" } } ] }"


        ' Prepare requests params as JSON
        ' See documentation: https : //apidocs.pdf.co
        Dim parameters As New Dictionary(Of String, Object)
        parameters.Add("name", Path.GetFileName(ResultFileName))
        parameters.Add("type", BarcodeType)
        parameters.Add("value", BarcodeValue)
        parameters.Add("profiles", Profiles)

        ' Convert dictionary of params to JSON
        Dim jsonPayload As String = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters)

        Try
            ' Execute POST request with JSON payload
            Dim response As String = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload)

            ' Parse JSON response
            Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response)

            If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then

                ' Get URL of generated barcode image file
                Dim resultFileURI As string = json("url").ToString()

                ' Download the image file
                webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileURI, ResultFileName)

                Console.WriteLine("Generated barcode saved to ""{0}"" file.", ResultFileName)

            Else 
                Console.WriteLine(json("message").ToString())
            End If

        Catch ex As WebException
            Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString())
        End Try

        webClient.Dispose()


        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key...")
        Console.ReadKey()

    End Sub

End Module