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Creating Barcode Generator Web-App Program Using Python

Handhika Yanuar Pratama
Python in Plain English
4 min readSep 2, 2024

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It’s been a while since I’ve really jumped into writing. Well, let’s build this habit again. I would start small in these stories, generating a simple web app with the title “barcode generator” using Python.

Barcode

A barcode is a common code representing data in a graphical representation: a small image of lines (bars) and space. It’s machine-readable. If we go to the Supermarket, we will notice a barcode on every product. This barcode connects to the database of the product price, making the transaction easier.

Requirements

To start generating barcode, we should have this

  • Library: python-barcode, streamlit
  • VS-Code

Execution

First of all, let’s install python-barcode using this command.

pip install python-barcode

Here is the installation progress; if there is no problem, it will show that the package has been successfully installed.

Next, open the VS code and create a program. Let’s name it app.py. Like the…

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