Bulk-downloading QR Codes with labels

Learn how to label your QR Codes when bulk-downloading them. The names you chose for your QR Codes will be displayed beneath or on top of the Code - depending on the design.

Bulk-downloading refers to the process of downloading multiple files or data records at once, instead of doing it one by one. In our tutorial, we will start by first bulk-generate QR Codes via a CSV-upload, to later download them as a bulk.

Use a CSV-file to bulk-upload your QR Codes and use the numbers or IDs as the QR Codes' names. View and upload our sample CSV-file to learn how it's done:

You can name your QR Codes consecutively, e.g. 0001, 0002, and so on. In the CSV-file

• Column A is the Target-URL,
• Column B is the QR Codes name (that will be displayed as a label),
• Column C is the QR Codes Short-URL.

Please create your CSV-file accordingly before uploading. For more information on how the CSV must be structured, what information it may entail,  and how to finally upload the file, please read this article.

Don't use any headers in your CSV-file!

To get to your Import Page, please click Import in the left hand menu. Then, choose Import QR Codes.

Next, hit Choose File and select the CSV on your device. 

You can set additional options for your bulk-created QR Codes.

Set which delimiter your uploaded CSV file uses: Semicolon or Comma (or let the platform detect it).

It is best to decide for one delimiter - do not mix them in your CSV.

Determine whether you want your QR Codes bulk-generated as dynamic or static QR Codes.

You can activate Lowercase only if you don't want any uppercase letters in your Short URL.

Determine how long your Vanity URLs should be by entering a number (6-20) or by using the right-hand arrows. This only takes effect if your Short URLs are randomly generated (and have not been entered into the CSV).

Activate this option to bulk-change target URLs of already existing QR Codes in your account.

Remember to use the same Short URLs in your CSV as the already existing QR Codes you want to change, so the platform knows which QR Codes to update.

You may use the target websites' titles as the names for your QR Codes. Importing will take longer with this option enabled, as each URL must be crawled individually.

Even when extracting the names from the titles, your CSV needs to include names in column B, else your QR Codes will be generated incorrectly.

After everything has been set up, please click Import QR Codes to begin the importing process.

You can directly download the whole bulk of imported QR Codes by clicking the Download button. You will then be able to apply a design to all QR Codes and/or download them.

Open up the Extras tab and activate the option to Add name under QR Code. 

The duration of the QR Code generation job depends on the file format, the design and, of course, the number of QR Codes. A few black-and-white ones won't take more than a few seconds, but 500 heavily designed QR Codes in a more complex format will take a few minutes. You can stay on your Jobs Page or go somewhere else in the meantime.

We will send you an E-mail once the job is done. Now, you will be able to download your bulk.

The maximum number of QR Codes generated per job is 500.

If you left your Jobs Page, you can access it by clicking on Batch QR in your left-hand navigation bar and then hitting View All Jobs (or by directly going here).

You now have a set of labeled QR Codes on your harddrive to print, send, or use any way your workflow requires.