Developers

The QuickQReate API lets your own scripts and apps create codes, change where dynamic codes point, and read their scan analytics. Like everything else here, it’s free.

Authentication

Create a key under Account → API keys. It’s shown once, so store it somewhere safe, like your app’s secret settings. Send it with every request:

Authorization: Bearer qq_your_key_here

A key acts as you, on the codes in your own account. Keep keys on servers: anyone with a key can change your codes. You can revoke a key at any time.

Basics

Base URL: https://qr.techitdave.com/api/v1
Requests and responses are JSON. Dates are ISO 8601, like 2026-10-13T09:00:00Z.
Each key can make 120 requests a minute.
Successful responses wrap their result in data. Errors look like this:

{ "error": { "code": "invalid_request", "message": "destination must be an http(s) URL", "details": { … } } }

Status	code	Meaning
400	invalid_request	A field is missing or not valid. details says which.
401	unauthorized	The key is missing, mistyped or revoked.
404	not_found	There's no code with that id in your account.
409	slug_taken	Someone already uses that link ending.
429	rate_limited	More than 120 requests in a minute with one key.
503	unavailable	Something went wrong on our side. Try again shortly.

Quick start

Create a dynamic code that points at your website, then change it later:

curl -X POST https://qr.techitdave.com/api/v1/codes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $QQ_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "type": "url", "dynamic": true, "name": "Spring flyer", "destination": "https://example.com/spring" }'

The response includes the code’s id, its short_link and the payload to put in a QR code. Get a ready-made image from the image endpoint, or use any QR library with the payload.

curl -X PATCH https://qr.techitdave.com/api/v1/codes/CODE_ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $QQ_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "destination": "https://example.com/summer" }'

Endpoints

GET/codes

Your codes, newest first. Use limit (1–200, default 50) and offset to page through them.

POST/codes

Creates a code. Fields:

type (required): one of the types below.
dynamic: true for an editable, trackable link. Only url codes and hosted pages can be dynamic; hosted pages always are.
destination: where a dynamic url code sends people.
content: what the code holds, for every other type.
name, slug (a custom link ending, 3–40 letters, numbers or dashes), status (active or paused), folder_id, active_from, active_until and design: all optional.

GET/codes/{id}

One code, including its design.

PATCH/codes/{id}

Changes any of the fields above except type and dynamic. Send only what changes; null clears a date or folder.

DELETE/codes/{id}

Deletes the code and its scan history. Dynamic codes stop working. Returns 204 with no body.

GET/codes/{id}/analytics

Scans, unique visitors, a daily timeline and breakdowns by country, city, device, operating system and browser. Optional: from and to (default: the last 30 days) and tz (an IANA time zone such as America/Chicago, default UTC) for the daily buckets.

GET/codes/{id}/image

A plain QR image of a saved code in its colors. Options: format (svg or png), size (64–2048 pixels), fg and bg (hex colors) and ec (error correction: L, M, Q or H). For frames, logos and gradients, download from the app.

GET/qr?data=…

Turns any text into a QR image, with the same options as above. Nothing is saved.

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $QQ_KEY" "https://qr.techitdave.com/api/v1/qr?data=Hello&format=png&size=600" -o hello.png

Code types

These types put their content straight into the code. Missing fields are empty; the rules match the generator’s.

type	content
url	{ url }
text	{ text }
wifi	{ ssid, password, security: "WPA" \| "WEP" \| "nopass", hidden }
contact	{ firstName, lastName, phone, email, company, title, website }
email	{ to, subject, body }
phone	{ phone }
sms	{ phone, message }
whatsapp	{ phone, message }
location	{ mode: "address" \| "coordinates", query, latitude, longitude }
payment	{ method: "paypal" \| "venmo" \| "cashapp" \| "bitcoin" \| "ethereum", account, amount, currency, note }

Hosted pages (links, vcard, business, menu, coupon, event, feedback, pdf, images, video, audio and app) take the same content as their editor in the app. The easiest way to see the shape is to make one in the app and fetch it with GET /codes/{id}. Upload images and files in the app first; the API can refer to them but not upload them.

{
  "type": "links",
  "name": "Bio links",
  "content": {
    "title": "Dave’s Diner",
    "bio": "Breakfast all day",
    "color": "#4F46E5",
    "links": [{ "label": "Order online", "url": "https://example.com/order" }],
    "socials": [{ "network": "instagram", "url": "https://instagram.com/example" }]
  }
}

The code object

id, name, type, dynamic, slug, destination, content and (for single codes) design.
status is what you set (active or paused); state also accounts for the active dates: active, paused, scheduled or expired.
folder_id, active_from, active_until and password_protected. Passwords are set in the dashboard, never through the API.
scan_count, last_scanned_at, created_at and updated_at.
short_link (dynamic codes) and payload, the exact text to encode.