Create bulk QR codes: 100 QR codes via script, CSV, or AI assistant

Preparation: Tariff and limits

Creating bulk QR codes means creating many dynamic QR codes in one go. How many your account can hold is determined by the tariff: 2 in the Free plan, 25 in Start, 150 in Pro, and 1,000 in Agentur. For 100 QR codes, you therefore need at least Pro. "sameqr whoami" shows you your current limit.

Step 1: Prepare the list

Create a simple text file, one line per QR code, with name and target separated by a semicolon. Example tische.csv:

Tisch 1;https://example.com/karte?tisch=1
Tisch 2;https://example.com/karte?tisch=2
Tisch 3;https://example.com/karte?tisch=3

Names that describe the location will be easier for you to find later than names that describe the target.

Step 2: Set up the CLI

Install the command line with "npm install -g sameqr", create a key with "read + write" in the dashboard under Account, "Access for CLI, scripts and agents", which is sufficient for creation, and log in with "sameqr login". Get the identifier of the label that all QR codes should receive with "sameqr labels list".

Step 3: One first, then all

Test with the first line, scan the QR code with your mobile phone, and then let the loop run over the entire list. The responses end up as JSON in a file, so you keep the identifiers of the new QR codes:

while IFS=";" read -r name url; do
  sameqr qr create --name "$name" --url "$url" --label <label-id> --json || break
done < tische.csv > neue-codes.json

The "|| break" stops the script at the first error, instead of repeating the same error a hundred times. 120 enquiries per minute are allowed per key, in Pro 1,000 per hour. For 100 QR codes, this is comfortably sufficient.

Step 4: Get print files

In the dashboard, you download the QR codes all at once using the batch download, starting from the Start plan. For printing, SVG and PDF are the better choice because they remain sharp at any size. Do a test print and scan some QR codes with different mobile phones before printing the entire run.

The alternatives

• CSV import in the dashboard, starting from the Start plan: upload the table, completely without the command line.
• REST API at /api/v1, when QR codes are continuously generated in another system, such as for each new product in the shop.
• An AI assistant with Same-QR as a connector: "Create one QR code for our menu for tables 1 to 20, table name and number."

Conclusion: why Same-QR

Same-QR makes many QR codes easy: CSV import, batch download, labels, a CLI with JSON output, and an API, all from a single source. Marketing Pro offers space for 500 QR codes, Marketing Expert for 2,000, and the targets of all QR codes can be changed at any time without a single QR code needing to be reprinted.

Get started right away: sign up for free at sameqr.com, 20 dynamic QR codes are free forever. API, CLI and MCP server are included in every plan, and the documentation is at sameqr.com/entwickler.

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