Buffalo Eats Online API Documentation

QRCodeService
in package

QR code generation service for store menus and table ordering.

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author

J.J. Johnson visionquest716@gmail.com

copyright

2026 VisionQuestServices LLC

Table of Contents

Properties

$baseUrl  : string

Methods

__construct()  : mixed
generateDataUri()  : string
Generate a QR code and return as a base64 data URI.
generateMenuQR()  : string
Generate a QR code PNG for a store's menu page.
generateStoreQR()  : string
Generate a QR code PNG for a store's home/landing page.
generateTableQR()  : string
Generate a QR code PNG for table ordering.
getMenuUrl()  : string
Get the URL that a menu QR code points to.
getStoreUrl()  : string
Get the URL that a store QR code points to.
getTableUrl()  : string
Get the URL that a table QR code points to.
generatePng()  : string
Generate a PNG QR code for a given URL.

Properties

Methods

__construct()

public __construct([string|null $baseUrl = null ]) : mixed
Parameters
$baseUrl : string|null = null

Override base URL (for testing)

generateDataUri()

Generate a QR code and return as a base64 data URI.

public generateDataUri(string $url[, int $size = 400 ]) : string
Parameters
$url : string

The URL to encode

$size : int = 400

Size in pixels

Return values
string

Data URI string (data:image/png;base64,...)

generateMenuQR()

Generate a QR code PNG for a store's menu page.

public generateMenuQR(array<string|int, mixed> $business[, int $size = 400 ]) : string
Parameters
$business : array<string|int, mixed>

Business record with 'slug' key

$size : int = 400

QR code size in pixels

Return values
string

PNG binary data

generateStoreQR()

Generate a QR code PNG for a store's home/landing page.

public generateStoreQR(array<string|int, mixed> $business[, int $size = 400 ]) : string
Parameters
$business : array<string|int, mixed>

Business record with 'slug' key

$size : int = 400

QR code size in pixels

Return values
string

PNG binary data

generateTableQR()

Generate a QR code PNG for table ordering.

public generateTableQR(array<string|int, mixed> $business, array<string|int, mixed> $table[, int $size = 400 ]) : string

Links to the store menu with the table number pre-filled, so orders placed from this QR are tied to the specific table.

Parameters
$business : array<string|int, mixed>

Business record with 'slug' key

$table : array<string|int, mixed>

Table record with 'id' and 'name' keys

$size : int = 400

QR code size in pixels

Return values
string

PNG binary data

getMenuUrl()

Get the URL that a menu QR code points to.

public getMenuUrl(array<string|int, mixed> $business) : string
Parameters
$business : array<string|int, mixed>

Business record

Return values
string

Full URL

getStoreUrl()

Get the URL that a store QR code points to.

public getStoreUrl(array<string|int, mixed> $business) : string
Parameters
$business : array<string|int, mixed>

Business record

Return values
string

Full URL

getTableUrl()

Get the URL that a table QR code points to.

public getTableUrl(array<string|int, mixed> $business, array<string|int, mixed> $table) : string
Parameters
$business : array<string|int, mixed>

Business record

$table : array<string|int, mixed>

Table record

Return values
string

Full URL

generatePng()

Generate a PNG QR code for a given URL.

private generatePng(string $url, int $size) : string
Parameters
$url : string

The URL to encode

$size : int

Size in pixels

Return values
string

PNG binary data


        
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