Generate a QR code from text in an input file (also adds the text itself).

text_to_qr.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import argparse
from pathlib import Path


import qrcode
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont

argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

argparser.add_argument("input", help="path to file containing text")

args = argparser.parse_args()

with open(args.input, 'r') as infile:
    input_text = infile.read()
    
img = qrcode.make(input_text)

qr_pil = Image.new('RGB', (img.pixel_size, img.pixel_size), 'white')

qr_pil.paste(img, (0, 0))

qr_text = ImageDraw.Draw(qr_pil)

qr_text.text((0, 0), input_text, (0, 0, 0))

qr_savepath = str(Path.home() / "Pictures" / "qr.png")

qr_pil.save(qr_savepath)

os.startfile(qr_savepath)