Deprecation of Google Infographics, QR Codes

Question

For the last 5 or so years if I have needed a QR code I have used the google APIs, yesterday for around 4 hours this service stopped. On investigation I found the service is now deprecated and a link to use Google Charts instead? I can not find any qr codes though?

So my question is does anyone one know if Google maintaining an API to generate QR Codes? If so where can the documentation on this be found. Or has their been a definitive statement from Google to say they are not supporting it going forward.

The google API is really easy to use and has been reliable until now, example below.

https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl=stuff

I found this post from a few years ago, I am not working in php sadly. Is there an alternative to Google Chart API QR Generator?

Spell

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Its been deprecated since 2015. Think you had loads of warning. – Onomatopoeia

@DaImTo I have edited the post so it is more of a cut and dry question, For production I have always used a self contained solution. Maybe off the back of this I will produce my own API to use. – Spell

i had the same issue with that google api, but i found this goqr.me/api is simple, and it works fine. You should try it. – Cardinalate

Looks like it finally the end of the line for it got 404 Not Found error this morning. – Spell

Answer 1

I don't think the dynamic Google Charts Javascript library supports QR codes. There are many alternative services that have been posted since its deprecation.

One such service is QuickChart, which is hosted at https://quickchart.io/ and also open source.

Hairball