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Barcode Scanner to redirect to url on scan

I have a USB barcode scanner that pastes data from the barcodes it scans. Is it possible to scan a barcode and redirect from the current browser and into a page based on the scanned information? This would be using php, html, and js

Solution

  • Something like this perhaps.

    <h3>Barcode</h3>
<textarea class="bcode" name="barcode"></textarea>
<span class="action"></span>

    Some js to handle the action

    $(function() {
  $('.bcode').on('paste',function(){
    var _this = this;
    setTimeout(function(){
      //now do something with the paste data
      window.location = "https://www.google.se/search?q=" + _this.value;
    },1000);
  });
});

    Test the code here https://codepen.io/mbzbugsy/pen/EmZPYP