FREE QR CODE API

Embed a QR code with one URL

Pass your link, get back a QR image — PNG or SVG. No API key, no signup, CORS-enabled and CDN-cached. Drop it into any app, email or webpage.

Quick start

<img src="https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=https://example.com&size=300">

No API key

CORS-enabled

Nothing stored

PNG & SVG

Build your embed code

Tweak the options and copy the snippet — the preview updates live.

Link or text to encode

Format

Error correction

Size — 300px

ForegroundBackgroundTransparent

Image URL

https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pdfforjoy.com&size=300&dark=0f172a

HTML

<img src="https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pdfforjoy.com&size=300&dark=0f172a" alt="QR code" width="300" height="300">

Markdown

![QR code](https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pdfforjoy.com&size=300&dark=0f172a)

Param	Values	Default	Description
data	string	— (required)	The link or text to encode. Also accepts text or url. URL-encode it.
format	svg \| png	svg	Output image format. SVG is crisp at any size and tiny.
size	64–2000	300	Width & height of the QR in pixels.
margin	0–20	2	Quiet-zone border, in modules.
ecc	L \| M \| Q \| H	M	Error-correction level. Higher survives more damage but is denser.
dark	hex	000000	Foreground colour (also accepts color). e.g. 6d5dfb.
light	hex \| transparent	ffffff	Background colour (also accepts bg). Use transparent for none.

HTML

<img src="https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=https://example.com&size=300&dark=6d5dfb" alt="QR code">

React / JSX

<img
  src={`https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=${encodeURIComponent(url)}&size=300&format=svg`}
  alt="QR code"
/>

Markdown

![QR code](https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=https://example.com)

cURL (save a PNG)

curl "https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=https://example.com&format=png&size=600" -o qr.png

Fetch the SVG string

const svg = await fetch(
  `https://www.pdfforjoy.com/api/qr?data=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`
).then(r => r.text());

• Free & keyless for reasonable use. Responses are cached on our CDN, so repeated identical URLs don't hit the server. Please cache/host the image on your side for very high volume.
• Solid colours only. The API generates clean solid-colour QR codes. For gradients, a centre logo and decorative frames, use the visual QR Code Generator and download the image.
• Always URL-encode the data value, especially links with ?, & or spaces.
• Static & private. The code encodes your link directly — it never expires and we don't track scans or store anything.

Design a styled QR with gradients, your logo and a frame in the visual generator — then download PNG or SVG.