Bulk QR code generation

Upload a CSV file with one row per QR code. Posty5 creates every code and builds one ZIP with an image per row, ready for print.

Note

Bulk creation depends on your plan. Each created row costs the same as creating it by hand, and importing or exporting adds no extra cost. See the credits page for the details. Feature Credits

Generate QR codes from a CSV file

1. Open QR Code Generator in the dashboard and choose Bulk import.

2. Download the CSV template and fill one row per QR code.

3. Upload the file and pick the default template and the image size.

4. Check the file, then start the import.

5. When it finishes, download the ZIP of images and the results file.

The file’s columns

Every row may carry these columns. Column names are not case-sensitive.

Column
type	What the code holds. Left empty, it is url.
name	A name for your own list. Left empty, Posty5 fills it from the page title in the background.
customId	Your own ending for the short link, when your plan allows custom IDs. It must be unused, including by an earlier row of the same file.
tag	A tag to group and filter the links later.
refId	Your own reference, for example a product code from your system.
templateId	The design template of this row. It overrides the default you picked.
fileName	The image’s name inside the ZIP. Left empty, the code’s name is used.

Then add the columns of the row’s type.

type	Columns
url	url
freeText	text
email	email, subject, body
wifi	ssid, security, password
call	phoneNumber
sms	phoneNumber, message
geolocation	latitude, longitude, mapUrl

type,url,name,customId,tag,refId,templateId,fileName
url,https://example.com/menu,Table menu,,menu,,,menu-qr

Save the file as UTF-8 CSV with commas and a header row. Values that contain commas go in double quotes, as spreadsheet apps do on their own.

The images and the ZIP

• Images are PNG, at the size you pick (512, 1,024 or 2,000 pixels).
• File names are made safe for every system and shortened to 100 characters. Two rows with the same name get -2, -3 and so on. A name with no usable letters becomes qr- followed by the row number.
• The download link of the ZIP works for 15 minutes. Open the import again to get a new link while the file is kept.

Every row is a normal QR code

Each row also appears in your QR code list, where you can edit it, download it again or follow its scans like any QR code you created by hand.

Limits

• One file holds up to 5,000 rows and 2 MB.
• You can create up to 20,000 rows in bulk per day (UTC), counting every import and API call together.
• One import runs at a time, and up to three more can wait for it.
• Each row costs the same as creating the QR code by hand. If your credits run out, that row and every row after it fail, and the codes already created stay.

Caution

Uploaded files and result files are kept for 7 days and an import’s record for 30 days. Download what you need before then. The links themselves are never removed.

Export your QR codes

From the QR code list, choose Export CSV or Export JSON. Exports follow the list’s filters and hold up to 50,000 rows, like short-link exports. Wi-Fi passwords are never included.