UPCA header file is not working.

[Puneet-Singh1996]

I am trying to create barcodes using PyBarcode for UPCA instead it is creating EAN13 code in .png format. How to get .it in jpg format.

import barcode
from barcode.writer import ImageWriter
from barcode import UPCA

upca_get_code = UPCA('8280984033', writer=ImageWriter, make_ean=True)
file = upca_get_code.save('UPC_BARCODE')

[jonemo]

There are a few problems in this snippet:

• 8280 9840 33 is not a valid UPC-A code because it is too short. UPC-A has 12 digits.
• You have make_ean=True but don't want EAN. Use make_ean=False
• The writer argument must be an instance, not a type, i.e. writer=ImageWriter()

The API for selecting output format is indeed a bit obscure and not documented. See below for a modified version that saves a file UPC_BARCODE.jpeg.

import barcode
from barcode.writer import ImageWriter
from barcode import UPCA

upca_get_code = UPCA('787909750549', writer=ImageWriter(), make_ean=False)
upca_get_code.writer.format = 'JPEG'
file = upca_get_code.save('UPC_BARCODE')