Using the ZBar barcode scanning suite in the browser with WebAssembly
I don’t have time for your dry prose, show me the code!
GitHub repo with the code
in-browser demo
If you find any mistakes in the code or in this post, be sure to let me know! You can create an issue in the github repo or send me an email.
Goal
So I wanted to make a cross-platform barcode scanner for a research project involving inventory management. Ideally, it would end up being a simple library that could be used in the browser of a mid-tier smartphone. Some constraints:
the scanner needed to...
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