How to Read QR Code using OpenCV in Python

In this post, I will show you how to read QR Code using OpenCV in Python.

In the previous article we learned to create a QR Code,

So in this article we will try to read it using the help of OpenCV.

Steps

• Install OpenCV

pip install opencv-python

• Import OpenCV

import cv2
from cv2 import *

• Read Image (your QC Code)

img = cv2.imread("qrcode5.png")

• Detect QR Code

detect =cv2.QRCodeDetector()
val, pts, st_code = detect.detectAndDecode(img)

• Show result

print(val)

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