Generate Branded QR Codes Automatically with API and Templates

Create branded QR codes for badges, asset labels, tickets, packaging, and marketing materials using templates, API overrides, or no-code workflows.

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Creating custom QR Codes with style

With our Image Template Editor, you can generate QR Codes from a reusable image template to create stunning image IDs, employee IDs, asset QR codes, and badges or PDF tickets built with our HTML to PDF API.

No code necessary

How image generation works

Generate dynamic images in 4 simple steps

Build reusable image templates, pass dynamic data, trigger generation through API or automation, and deliver PNG or JPEG output anywhere in your workflow.

Create a template

Build a reusable image template with drag-and-drop tools.

Send dynamic data

Override text, image URLs, colors, effects, and layout using JSON.

Trigger generation

Trigger image generation from your app, backend, Zapier, Make, n8n, Airtable, or UiPath.

Deliver the output

Use the generated PNG or JPEG URL in your product, campaign, workflow, or publishing system.

Built for Real QR-code Workflows

Generate branded QR graphics for the assets teams ship every day — badges, labels, tickets, packaging inserts, and campaign creatives.

Employee and Visitor Badges

Create branded badges with names, roles, photos, QR codes, and access details.

Asset and Inventory Labels

Generate labels for equipment, stock items, warehouses, and asset tracking workflows.

Event Tickets and Registrations

Create tickets, check-in passes, and registration graphics with dynamic attendee data.

Product Packaging Inserts

Produce product inserts, thank-you cards, promo slips, and boxed marketing materials.

Restaurant and Table Ordering Codes

Generate table QR graphics, menu ordering visuals, and restaurant workflow assets.

Marketing Campaign Creatives

Generate campaign visuals for ads, promotions, launches, and personalized outreach.

QR Code Generation with Zapier, Make.com or Airtable

Automate PDFs and images from Zapier, Make.com or n8n — or call the REST API from Python, C#, Java, PHP and UiPath.

You can generate QR codes easily with Zapier, Make.com, N8n, and UiPath for payment codes in invoice automation.

Tutorial: Create a QRCode with Zapier, Make.com or Nocode

curl -X POST \
  "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2/create-pdf?template_id=6b277b234d395eca" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data '{"invoice_no": "INV38379", "total_amount": 82542.56}'

# {"status": "success", "download_url": "https://pdf.apitemplate.io/..."}

const url =
  "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2/create-pdf?template_id=6b277b234d395eca";

const res = await fetch(url, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-API-KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ invoice_no: "INV38379", total_amount: 82542.56 }),
});

const { download_url } = await res.json();

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2/create-pdf",
    params={"template_id": "6b277b234d395eca"},
    headers={"X-API-KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"invoice_no": "INV38379", "total_amount": 82542.56},
)

download_url = res.json()["download_url"]

var url = "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2/create-pdf"
        + "?template_id=6b277b234d395eca";
var json = "{\"invoice_no\": \"INV38379\", \"total_amount\": 82542.56}";

var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder().uri(URI.create(url))
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .header("X-API-KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(json))
    .build();

var res = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

Automate PDF and image generation with no-code platforms or the REST API

One reusable template, one JSON payload. Send data from a Zapier zap, a Make.com scenario, an n8n workflow or your own backend — every integration calls the same endpoint and returns a ready-to-share file URL.

Generate synchronously for on-screen downloads or asynchronously with webhooks for batches, and keep processing and storage in your chosen region: US, EU, Singapore or Australia.

Browse all integrations

Native integrations for the tools your team already runs, plus a REST API for everything else.

FAQ Specific to QR Code Generation

What is automated QR code generation?

Automated QR code generation creates QR code images from data, such as a URL, an ID, or any text, inside a reusable template instead of making each one by hand. With APITemplate.io, each request produces a finished, branded graphic such as a badge, label, or ticket with its QR code in place.

How does APITemplate.io generate QR codes?

Add the built-in QR code element to an image template in the Image Template Editor and give it a name. When you generate an image, pass the value to encode for that element, and APITemplate.io renders the QR code together with the rest of the design.

What data can a QR code contain?

Any text value you send. Most often that is a website URL, but it can also be a product or asset ID, a ticket number, an employee ID, contact details, or a tracking link with campaign parameters.

Can I customize the QR code design?

Yes. The QR code component supports custom colors, dot styles, corner squares, and a logo, so your codes match your brand instead of looking generic.

Will a styled QR code still scan reliably?

Yes, as long as you keep strong contrast between the code and its background, leave a clear margin around it, and keep any logo small. Test a few generated codes with different phones before printing a large batch.

Can I change where a QR code points after it is printed?

The destination is encoded in the image, so a printed code always opens the value it was generated with. If you expect the destination to change, encode a URL you control and update the redirect behind it instead of reprinting.

Can I generate QR codes in bulk?

Yes. Send one request per record, for example each employee, asset, or attendee, through the API or a no-code tool such as Zapier or Make.com, and each request returns its own finished graphic.

Can I create badges, labels, and tickets with QR codes?

Yes. Place the QR code alongside names, photos, roles, dates, and logos in one template, then generate a complete badge, asset label, event ticket, or packaging insert for each record.

Can I add QR codes to PDF documents?

Yes. In HTML-based PDF templates, the render_qrcode filter turns any value into a QR code inside the document, which is useful for invoices, tickets, and certificates. See our guide on how to create a dynamic QR code for a PDF.

Can I generate barcodes as well?

Yes. The built-in barcode element supports multiple formats and custom colors, so you can combine QR codes and barcodes in the same label or ticket template. Our tutorial shows how to create a barcode with Zapier, Make.com, or no code.

Do I need coding knowledge to generate QR codes?

Not necessarily. You can design the template visually and automate generation with Zapier, Make.com, n8n, or UiPath. Developers can use the REST API or the official SDKs for full control.

Why should I automate QR code generation?

Automating QR codes removes copy-and-paste errors, keeps every code on brand, and lets you produce hundreds of badges, labels, or tickets as fast as your data changes, instead of building each one in a separate tool.

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