README.md

Introduction

JsBarcode is a barcode generator written in JavaScript. It supports multiple barcode formats and works in browsers and on the server (with Node.js). It has no dependencies when it is used for the web but works with jQuery if you are into that.

Demo

Barcode Generator

Simple CodePen Demo

Settings CodePen Demo

Supported barcodes:

• CODE128
  • CODE128 (automatic mode switching)
  • CODE128 A/B/C (force mode)
• EAN
  • EAN-13
  • EAN-8
  • EAN-5
  • EAN-2
  • UPC (A)
• CODE39
• ITF-14
• MSI
  • MSI10
  • MSI11
  • MSI1010
  • MSI1110
• Pharmacode

Examples for browsers:

First create an canvas (or image)

<svg id="barcode"></svg>
<!-- or -->
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
<!-- or -->
<img id="barcode"/>

Simple example:

JsBarcode("#barcode", "Hi!");
// or with jQuery
$("#barcode").JsBarcode("Hi!");

Result:

Example with options:

JsBarcode("#barcode", "1234", {
  format: "pharmacode",
  lineColor: "#0aa",
  width:4,
  height:40,
  displayValue: false
});

Result:

More advanced use case:

JsBarcode("#barcode")
  .options({font: "OCR-B"}) // Will affect all barcodes
  .EAN13("1234567890128", {fontSize: 18, textMargin: 0})
  .blank(20) // Create space between the barcodes
  .EAN5("12345", {height: 85, textPosition: "top", fontSize: 16, marginTop: 15})
  .render();

Result:

Or define the value and options in the HTML element:

Use any jsbarcode-* or data-* as attributes where * is any option.

<svg class="barcode"
  jsbarcode-format="upc"
  jsbarcode-value="123456789012"
  jsbarcode-textmargin="0"
  jsbarcode-fontoptions="bold">
</svg>

And then initialize it with:

JsBarcode(".barcode").init();

Result:

Setup for browsers:

Step 1:

Download or get the CDN link to the script:

Name	Supported barcodes	Size (gzip)	CDN / Download
All	All the barcodes!	6.9 kB	JsBarcode.all.min.js
CODE128	CODE128 (auto and force mode)	4.6 kB	JsBarcode.code128.min.js
CODE39	CODE39	3.6 kB	JsBarcode.code39.min.js
EAN / UPC	EAN-13, EAN-8, EAN-5, EAN-2, UPC (A)	4.1 kB	JsBarcode.ean-upc.min.js
ITF-14	ITF-14	3.4 kB	JsBarcode.itf-14.min.js
ITF	ITF	3.3 kB	JsBarcode.itf.min.js
MSI	MSI, MSI10, MSI11, MSI1010, MSI1110	3.8 kB	JsBarcode.msi.min.js
Pharmacode	Pharmacode	3.2 kB	JsBarcode.pharmacode.min.js

Step 2:

Include the script in your code:

<script src="JsBarcode.all.min.js"></script>

Bower:

You can also use Bower to install and manage the library.

bower install jsbarcode --save

Node.js:

Install with npm:

npm install jsbarcode
npm install canvas

Use:

var JsBarcode = require('jsbarcode');
var Canvas = require("canvas");

var canvas = new Canvas();
JsBarcode(canvas, "Hello");

// Do what you want with the canvas
// See https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas for more information

Options:

For information about how to use the options, see the wiki page.

Option	Default value	Type
format	"auto" (CODE128)	String
width	2	Number
height	100	Number
displayValue	true	Boolean
fontOptions	""	String
font	"monospace"	String
textAlign	"center"	String
textPosition	"bottom"	String
textMargin	2	Number
fontSize	20	Number
background	"#ffffff"	String (CSS color)
lineColor	"#000000"	String (CSS color)
margin	10	Number
marginTop	undefined	Number
marginBottom	undefined	Number
marginLeft	undefined	Number
marginRight	undefined	Number
valid	function(valid){}	Function