Comments on: Android barcode scanner in 6 lines of Python code

By: electro

electro — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:24:15 +0000

i solve problem.

import android
droid = android.Android()
(id, result, error)=droid.scanBarcode()
barcode = (result['extras'])
droid.view(‘http://books.google.com?q=’ + barcode['SCAN_RESULT'])

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:54:37 +0000

I had the same problem, Vidhuran.

Switch the lines 3 and 4 from your code to:

code = droid.scanBarcode()
isbn = int(code.result['extras']['SCAN_RESULT'])

By: ArtooDetoo

ArtooDetoo — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:33:18 +0000


require_once("Android.php");
$droid = new Android();
$code = $droid->scanBarcode();
$isbn = $code["result"]->extras->SCAN_RESULT;
$url = "http://books.google.com?q=".$isbn;
$droid->startActivity("android.intent.action.VIEW", $url);
?>

By: ArtooDetoo

ArtooDetoo — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:32:47 +0000

In PHP:

scanBarcode();
$isbn = $code["result"]->extras->SCAN_RESULT;
$url = “http://books.google.com?q=”.$isbn;
$droid->startActivity(“android.intent.action.VIEW”, $url);
?>

By: Vidhuran

Vidhuran — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:17:02 +0000

I get the following error ,

TypeError : list indices must be integers , not str

I used the folliwing code

import android droid = android.Android() (id, result, error) = droid.scanBarcode() isbn = int(result['extras']['SCAN_RESULT']) url = “http://books.google.com?q=%d” % isbn droid.view(url)

The error comes up at line
isbn = int(result['extras']['SCAN_RESULT'])

I’m using Nexus with android 2.3.4 (build GRJ22)
and i have QRDroid as the barcode scanner app , the QRDroid intent opens when i run the script , but when the intent returns , this error is thrown and the script stops

Thanks
Vidhuran

By: Govinda Govinda

Govinda Govinda — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:59:59 +0000

I have started learning Android Programming with Python!
You can’t survive in futuer without Android programming!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:57:47 +0000

Anyone had luck with decoding ITF (Interleaved 2 of 5) barcodes using python scripting. I need to scan some lengths that the scanner does not read. Is there a way to send DecodeHints like “Allowed_Lengths” with Python scripting?

By: Jesse Taylor

Jesse Taylor — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:43:34 +0000

This is actually going to be really useful for me to scan books at thrift stores to check their prices, to see if I should buy them for resale on Ebay/Amazon. Very neat tool!

By: Tsais

Tsais — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:16:48 +0000

@ Peter (IMC)

ewww Symbian is the Linux of phones? how about Symbian is the swamp of eternal despair of phones?

can’t install: not signed
can’t install: certificate expired
pre-installed pdf reader takes up 30% of the screen for the UI with no full screen option
ever tried to make a playlist in the audio player? ouch… stoneage
70mb PC sync software that is absolute crap
oh and the occasional OS crashes that suddenly reset everything including the date to 1980 or something?

Was it really that iPhone and Android are so amazing or was there just such an incredible vacuum, anything would have been good enough to fill the void?

Well, I guess Android is pretty amazingly well thought out… thanks for the light

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