Name: qr-reader
Price: 0.005 USDC
Availability: InStock

$ man qr-reader

agentutility / web-probe / qr-reader

PRICE / CALL

$0.005

USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact

METHOD

POST

CLUSTER

webprobe

CATEGORY

uncategorized

STATUS

● live

NAME

qr-reader — fetches a public image and returns decoded qr text values, with multiple qr codes returned as separate entries

synonym alias of qr-code-decode — reuses the canonical handler.

SYNOPSIS

POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/qr-reader
     Content-Type: application/json
     X-PAYMENT:    <signed-transferWithAuthorization>

     { ... }

↳ first call → 402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.

DESCRIPTION

Fetches a public image and returns decoded QR text values, with multiple QR codes returned as separate entries. Use it as a QR reader API, scan-QR-image tool, or decode-QR-from-URL endpoint.

INPUT — request schema

property	type	description	req?
image_url	string	Public http(s) URL of an image containing one or more QR codes. Must be directly fetchable.	required

OUTPUT — response shape

field	type	description
codes	string	—
source	string	—

EXAMPLES — two ways to call

EXAMPLE 1 · curl

curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/qr-reader \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ }'

first response = 402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.

EXAMPLE 2 · mcp

# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster
npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster>

# Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base
export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x...

# Then call the qr-reader tool from your MCP-aware agent.

MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.

METADATA

tags: web-probeqrreaderqr-reader
methods: POST
cluster: webprobe
price: $0.005 USDC per call

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