Add QR Code Generator with optional URL shortening

Domains/Frontend/MiniProjects/Qr Code Generator/README.md

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+**Contributor:** MeghPatel-007
+
+# 📱 QR Code Generator
+
+A simple and beginner-friendly **Python project** that generates QR codes from any link or text. It can optionally shorten long URLs using the **TinyURL API** for cleaner, shareable QR codes! 🔗📸
+
+---
+
+## 📑 Table of Contents
+
+1. [✨ Features](#-features)  
+2. [🎯 How to Use](#-how-to-use)  
+3. [📂 Folder Structure](#-folder-structure)  
+4. [📸 Screenshots](#-screenshots)  
+5. [📝 License](#-license)  
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Features
+
+- 🔗 Generate QR codes from links or text  
+- ✂️ Optional **URL shortening** via TinyURL API  
+- 💾 Automatically saves QR code images to your local folder  
+- 🧱 Custom file naming for better organization  
+- 💡 Beginner-friendly and well-commented Python script  
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 How to Use
+
+1. Clone the repository and navigate to the project folder.  
+2. Install dependencies:  
+```bash
+pip install qrcode requests
+python qr_generator.py
+
+--
+## 📂 Folder Structure
+
+QR-Code-Generator/
+├─ qr_code_generator.py # Main Python script
+├─ qr_codes/       # Folder to store generated QR codes
+├─ qr_code_generator_shorten_url.py   #for generating short url qr codes
+└─ README.md       # This README file
+
+---
+
+## 📝 License
+
+This project is licensed under the **MIT License**. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+---
+
+## 🙏 Thank You
+
+Thanks for checking out my QR Code Generator project!  
+I hope you enjoy generating QR codes and find it useful. 🔗✨
+
+Feel free to leave feedback or suggestions for improvement!

Domains/Frontend/MiniProjects/Qr Code Generator/qr_code_generator.py

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+import qrcode
+import os
+import requests
+
+def shorten_url(long_url):
+    """
+    Shortens a URL using the TinyURL API.
+    """
+    api_url = f"http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url={long_url}"
+    response = requests.get(api_url)
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        return response.text
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Failed to shorten URL")
+
+# Get user input
+data = input("Enter the link: ")
+shorten = input("Do you want to shorten the URL? (y/n): ").lower()
+
+if shorten == "y":
+    try:
+        data = shorten_url(data)
+        print(f"Shortened URL: {data}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+        print("Proceeding with original URL...")
+
+name = input("Enter the name of the file (without extension): ")
+
+# Create QR code
+qr = qrcode.QRCode(
+    version=1,
+    error_correction=qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_L,
+    box_size=10,
+    border=4,
+)
+qr.add_data(data)
+qr.make(fit=True)
+img = qr.make_image(fill_color="black", back_color="white")
+
+# Save to 'qr_codes' folder relative to this script
+save_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "qr_codes")
+os.makedirs(save_path, exist_ok=True)
+file_path = os.path.join(save_path, f"{name}.png")
+img.save(file_path)
+
+print(f"✅ QR code generated and saved to {file_path}")

Domains/Frontend/MiniProjects/Qr Code Generator/qr_code_generator_shorten_url.py

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+import qrcode
+import os
+
+# Get user input
+data = input("Enter the link or text: ")
+name = input("Enter the name of the file (without extension): ")
+
+# Create QR code
+qr = qrcode.QRCode(
+    version=1,
+    error_correction=qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_L,
+    box_size=10,
+    border=4,
+)
+qr.add_data(data)
+qr.make(fit=True)
+img = qr.make_image(fill_color="black", back_color="white")
+
+# Save to a folder named 'qr_codes' relative to this script
+save_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "qr_codes")
+os.makedirs(save_path, exist_ok=True)  # creates folder if it doesn't exist
+
+# Save the image
+file_path = os.path.join(save_path, f"{name}.png")
+img.save(file_path)
+
+print(f"QR code generated and saved to {file_path}")

Domains/Frontend/MiniProjects/Qr Code Generator/tempCodeRunnerFile.py

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+import requests