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Looking for a mobile app that we can scan a QR code and it brings up a pdf file (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by enormousaardvark@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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Nextcloud was looking promising but you can only type in text not scan with camera, open to suggestions.

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[–] No-Concern-8832@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have the URL to your file, can you not just generate a QR code that opens that URL?

Are you looking for something to generate QR code for every file you have?

[–] enormousaardvark@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Every file already has a unique 6 digit code and a QR code has already been generated, the client wants this in a form they can scan the existing QR code and bring up the relevant report for it. Nextcloud would work if only it had the ability to scan in to the search box, I think we are going to start looking at a bespoke solution as there seems to nothing out there, which is surprising as it’s such a simple idea.