Name: qr-code-decode
Price: 0.005 USDC
Availability: InStock

$ man qr-code-decode

agentutility / web-probe / qr-code-decode

PRICE / CALL

$0.005

USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact

METHOD

POST

CLUSTER

webprobe

CATEGORY

uncategorized

STATUS

● live

NAME

qr-code-decode — reads qr codes out of any public image url (png / jpg / gif / bmp) and returns the decoded text strings

SYNOPSIS

POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/qr-code-decode
     Content-Type: application/json
     X-PAYMENT:    <signed-transferWithAuthorization>

     { ... }

↳ first call → 402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.

DESCRIPTION

Reads QR codes out of any public image URL (PNG / JPG / GIF / BMP) and returns the decoded text strings. Multiple QR codes in a single image are returned as separate entries. Returns an empty 'codes' array plus a descriptive 'note' if the image can't be fetched or no QR is found. Use it as a QR decoder, QR reader, scan-QR-from-URL tool, QR code OCR, barcode reader, or link extraction from QR.

INPUT — request schema

property	type	description	req?
image_url	string	Public http(s) URL of an image containing one or more QR codes. Must be directly fetchable.	required

OUTPUT — response shape

field	type	description
codes	string	Array of decoded text strings extracted from QR codes found in the image, one entry per detected code.
source	string	Upstream decoder used (qrserver.com's read-qr-code API) that produced the decoded results.

EXAMPLES — two ways to call

EXAMPLE 1 · curl

curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/qr-code-decode \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ }'

first response = 402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.

EXAMPLE 2 · mcp

# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster
npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster>

# Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base
export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x...

# Then call the qr-code-decode tool from your MCP-aware agent.

MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.

METADATA

tags: web-probeqr-codeqr-decoderbarcode-readerimage-ocrlink-extractionqr-scanner
methods: POST
cluster: webprobe
price: $0.005 USDC per call

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