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Instascan

QR Reader for HTML5

This plugin for Editor provides integration with the Instascan library allowing fields in Editor to be created which will use a camera (mobile or webcam) to scan QR codes and store the result in the field's value.

Use

This plug-in can be obtained and used in multiple different ways.

Browser

This plug-in is available on the DataTables CDN:

JS

The plug-in will then automatically register itself against a global DataTables instance. This file can also be used if you are using an AMD loader such as Require.js.

Note that if you are using multiple plug-ins, it can be beneficial in terms of performance to combine the plug-ins into a single file and host it on your own server, rather than making multiple requests to the DataTables CDN.

NPM

The plug-ins are all available on NPM (which can also be used with Yarn or any other Javascript package manager) as part of the datatables.net-plugins package. To use this plug-in, first install the plug-ins package:

npm install datatables.net-plugins

Then import datatables.net, any other DataTables extensions you need, plus the plug-in:

import DataTable from 'datatables.net';
import 'datatables.net-plugins/editorFields/editor.qr.mjs';

Example

new DataTable.Editor( {
 "ajax": "/api/documents",
 "table": "#documents",
 "fields": [ {
     "label": "Description:",
     "name": "description",
     "type": "qr"
   },
   // additional fields...
 ]
} );

Version control

If you have any ideas for how this plug-in can be improved, or spot anything that is in error, it is available on GitHub and pull requests are very welcome!