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Perl Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

Handle QR Code Errors

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Demonstrates what happens when a request is refused. QrCode returns false and the response holds errors[0] with three members: a code that does not change between versions, the path of the request member at fault (a JSON Pointer such as /encoding/qr/version), and a message. Requests are checked strictly, so a misspelled option is an error rather than being silently ignored. LastErrorText has the same information in more detail.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
#  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$fmt = chilkat::CkFormats->new();
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonOut = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();

#  1. A misspelled option: "moduleSise" for "moduleSize".
$json->UpdateString("payload.text","https://www.chilkatsoft.com/");
$json->UpdateInt("render.moduleSise",8);
$success = $fmt->QrCode("generate",$json,$jsonOut);
if ($success == 0) {
    print "code: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].code") . "\r\n";
    print "path: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].path") . "\r\n";
    print "message: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].message") . "\r\n";
}

#  2. A value out of range: QR versions are 1 to 40.
$json->Clear();
$json->UpdateString("payload.text","https://www.chilkatsoft.com/");
$json->UpdateInt("encoding.qr.version",41);
$success = $fmt->QrCode("generate",$json,$jsonOut);
if ($success == 0) {
    print "code: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].code") . "\r\n";
    print "path: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].path") . "\r\n";
    print "message: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].message") . "\r\n";
}

#  3. Too much data: this text does not fit a version 1 symbol.
$json->Clear();
$json->UpdateString("payload.text","https://www.chilkatsoft.com/barcode_overview.asp");
$json->UpdateInt("encoding.qr.version",1);
$success = $fmt->QrCode("generate",$json,$jsonOut);
if ($success == 0) {
    print "code: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].code") . "\r\n";
    print "path: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].path") . "\r\n";
    print "message: " . $jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].message") . "\r\n";
}

#  A program can act on the code.
if ($jsonOut->stringOf("errors[0].code") == "capacityExceeded") {
    print "The text is too long for the symbol size allowed." . "\r\n";
}

#  Sample output:

#  code: unknownOption
#  path: /render/moduleSise
#  message: unknown option
#  code: outOfRange
#  path: /encoding/qr/version
#  message: the value is out of range
#  code: capacityExceeded
#  path: /payload
#  message: the payload does not fit the requested QR version at the requested error-correction level
#  The text is too long for the symbol size allowed.