QR codes can be displayed on prints and in the sharing screen to provide a quick way for guests to visit your website or online gallery simply by scanning the QR code with their phone. QR codes can also be used for sending commands to the photo booth together with information such as email addresses. This makes it possible to run a contactless photo booth where users can select the session type (e.g. photos or boomerang GIFs) and send emails and texts without having to touch the photo booth.
QR codes can be generated on a user's phone and used to run the photo booth and send emails and texts without the user having to touch the photo booth.
Webcam Photobooth reads the QR codes using the webcam. The QR codes can be used to trigger any touchscreen action defined for the event and to enter email addresses for sending the output directly to the user.
The QR codes can be created using the QR code generator on the website contactlessbooth.com. Please see this page for information customizing the QR code generator.
Alternatively you can create a QR code generator on your own website using Wordpress plug-ins or scripts such as this sample PHP script.
Quickstart Guide
| 1. | Setup the event Please make sure your event has touchscreen actions defined for "Select photobooth+start" and "Select video booth+start". Enable "Scan QR codes for commands" in the "Photobooth Settings" dialog to enable the scanning of QR codes to run photo booth commands. Enable the email sharing option and setup the email server settings. |
| 2. | Run the photo booth and start scanning QR codes Visit contactlessbooth.com using the web browser on your phone (or scan the QR code below using your phone's camera), enter your email address and choose the session type and then hold your phone in front of the photo booth's camera so that it can scan the QR code. If everything is setup correctly the photo booth will start the countdown, take the photos and then automatically email them when it displays the sharing screen. |
Resources
| • | For more information please see the section on Scanning QR Codes below |
| • | For notes on customizing the QR code generator, hosting your own QR code generator etc. please visit https://contactlessbooth.com/qr |
QR codes can be provide a quick and convenient way for users to view their photos in an online gallery or website simply by scanning the QR code with their phone. Dynamically generated QR codes can be displayed on prints and in the sharing screen. If you use a microsite system that displays photos using UIDs (e.g. Photobooth Gallery Plugin for Wordpress) the QR code can be used to jump straight to the user's photos.
QR codes can be displayed on prints by adding a QR code in the print layout editor. A QR code can also be displayed in the sharing screen by selecting the "Display QR code" option in the "Output Settings" screen where the email and other sharing settings are specified. The size and position of the QR code displayed in the sharing screen can be adjusted using the touchscreen editor.
The QR code text can be edited by selecting "Edit QR code..." from the File menu. The QR code text can be dynamically generated to include a photo's filename or UID by using tokens. Please see the Editing QR Codes section in the Print Layout Editor for details.
Webcam is able to scan QR codes in photo booth mode when the live view images are displayed. QR codes can be used to scan in information such as names, unique ids or email addresses. QR codes can also be used to scan in commands to control the photo booth e.g. select a profile and start the countdown.
QR codes should be defined as URLs with the commands and strings defined as percent encoded parameters. The URL parameters can be made up of strings only, commands only or a mixture of both.
Scanning strings
Up to 10 strings can be defined in the URL by naming the parameters s1, s2, s3 etc. The URL below gives and example with s1 set to "John" and s2 set to "Doe":
https://example.com?s1=John&s2=Doe
These strings can be accessed using tokens e.g. {qr1} for s1, {qr2} for s2 etc. One way to use these tokens is in captions added to print layouts e.g. to print the name scanned from QR code on the print the caption text could be set to "Name: {qr1} {qr2}".
The parameters should be percent encoded e.g. to define a single parameter that includes two words separated by a space the space is encoded as %20 e.g.
https://example.com?s1=John%20Doe
If you are using the photo booth as a data capture device which prints a QR code you can use the {urlencode,str} token to percent encode the responses e.g. if the user enters their name in survey screen 1 in a text field with id "name" this can be percent encoded and included in the QR code text as:
https://example.com?s1={urlencode,{survey1_text1}}
The QR tokens are cleared after each shooting session.
Scanning commands
Up to 5 commands can be defined in the URL by naming the parameters c1, c2, c3 etc. The values of the commands should be the same as the names of the touchscreen commands displayed in the touchscreen editor.
e.g. selectPhotobooth+start or selectProfile1.
The URL below gives and example with c1 set to "selectProfile1" and c2 set to "selectPhotobooth+start". This will tell the photo booth to select profile 1 and then switch to stills mode and start the countdown:
https://example.com?c1=selectProfile1&c2=selectPhotobooth%2bstart
Please note: a command scanned in from a QR code will only be executed by the app if there is a corresponding touchscreen keyboard action defined e.g. the command c1=selectProfile1 will only be executed if there is a touchscreen action for selectProfile1.
The app ignores upper and lower case, spaces and punctuation when comparing the command string with the touchscreen actions e.g. the following strings will all match the touchscreen action "Select photobooth+start":
c1=Select%20photobooth%2dstart
c1=select%20photobooth%2dstart
c1=selectphotobooth%2dstart
c1=selectphotoboothstart
The %20 and %2d above are to represent the space and plus characters. This is because parameters added to URLs need to be urlencoded. For simplicity you can omit spaces and punctuation from the commands e.g. use selectphotoboothstart instead of
Select%20photobooth%2dstart.
Scanning email addresses
Email addresses can be scanned in from the ready screen to automatically send an email message when the sharing screen is displayed. The parameters for email addresses are:
autoemail - automatically send the email when the sharing screen is displayed if the QR code is scanned when the ready screen is displayed e.g. read the email address, start the countdown and automatically send the email when the sharing screen is displayed.
Scanning phone numbers for texting
Phone numbers can be scanned in from the ready screen to automatically send a text message when the sharing screen is displayed. The parameters for texting phone numbers are:
autotext - automatically send the text when the sharing screen is displayed if the QR code is scanned when the ready screen is displayed e.g. read the phone number, start the countdown and automatically send the text when the sharing screen is displayed.
Examples
Example 1: Switch to photo mode, start the countdown and automatically send an email to sales@breezesys.com when the sharing screen is displayed:
https://breezesys.com/qr.php?c1=Select+photobooth%2Bstart&autoemail=sales%40breezesys.com
Example 2: Set the token {qr1} to string to identify the guest (e.g. ABCDE123) then switch to photo mode, start the countdown and automatically send an email to sales@breezesys.com when the sharing screen is displayed:
https://breezesys.com/qr.php?s1=ABCDE123&c1=Select+photobooth%2Bstart&autoemail=sales%40breezesys.com
Please note that QR codes can only be scanned when live view images are displayed e.g. in the ready screen but not in the standby screen.