Modern Svelte QR Scanner

This is a work-in-progress component library to enable QR-code scanning.

Origin

This is based on instascan, and is designed as a more batteries included version of QRScanner. It has the source of instascan and fsm-as-promised bundled inside, as they both have modifications to work with Svelte.

Barcode Scanning Engine

This library tries to use the Barcode Detection API for native performance, but the support is lack-luster to say the least (only really stabilized on android phones). So we also load a backup library, Zxing, which is a WASM implementation of the QR-code scanning algorithm. ZXing is also a bit slower than the native API, but it's a lot more likely to be supported.

Install

Just open your project and use the command line to install:

yarn add -D @lilregie/svelte-scanner             # if you are using yarn
npm install --save-dev @lilregie/svelte-scanner  # if you are using npm

Usage

Assuming you have a SvelteKit app up and running, just paste in the following example

<script lang="ts">
  import QR from "@lilregie/svelte-scanner";

  let previewWidth;
  let mediaErrorMessage = "";

  function onQRScan(event: CustomEvent) {
    alert(event.detail.qrContent);
  }
</script>
<div class="qr-container">
  <div class="qr-wrapper" bind:clientWidth={w}>
    <QR
      on:scan={onQRScan}
      bind:mediaErrorMessage
    >
      <div slot="loading" class="loading">
        <span>Loading Animation, but text</span>
      </div>
      <p slot="failedToInitialize" class="failed-to-initialize">
        Failed to initialize camera.<br>
        Error: {mediaErrorMessage}
      </p>
    </QR>
  </div>
</div>

API Reference

Slots

Slot Name	Description
loading	Displayed while the cameras are initializing.
failedToInitialize	Displayed when the current camera fails to start.

Props (Options)

Prop	Type	Default	Read-only	Description
scannerInitialized	boolean	false	x	Whether the QR code scanner has loaded yet.
backgroundScan	boolean	false		Whether to actively scan when the tab is not active. When false, this reduces CPU usage when the tab is not active.
refractoryPeriod	number	5000		The period, in milliseconds, before the same QR code will be recognized in succession. Default 5000 (5 seconds).
scanPeriod	number	1		The period, in rendered frames, between scans. A lower scan period increases CPU usage but makes scan response faster. Default 1 (i.e. analyze every frame).
mediaErrorMessage	string	""	x	Human readable error message, updates when there is a new error. Useful displayed in the failedToInitialize slot.
smallModalXThreshold	number	400		The width threshold to move the camera selection from a traditional center of screen modal, to being pined to the top.

Events

Event ID	Description	Data Structure
scan	Emitted when a QR code is scanned.	{"qrContent": "x"}

Developing Library

Once you've created a project and installed dependencies with yarn, start a development server:

yarn dev

# or start the server and open the app in a new browser tab
yarn dev -- --open

Building

To create a production version of the library, simply run the package script:

yarn package

Known Errors

1. svelte-select not being included For some reason, sometimes you might have to install svelte-select manually with a fresh project.

Fix:

yarn add -D svelte-select            # if you are using yarn
npm install --save-dev svelte-select # if you are using npm

2. Library's requiring bundling When using SvelteKit, you must include some of the older library's in the optimizeDeps option.

Fix: Add them to your svelte.config.js.

const config = {
  …,
  kit: {
     …,
     vite: {
      …,
      optimizeDeps: {
        include: [
          "events",
          "uuid",
          "visibilityjs",
          "stampit",
          "lodash",
        ]
      },
     }
  },
};