---
title: QR Code
description: Instructions on how to integrate QR Code Recognition into Home Assistant.
ha_category:
  - Image Processing
ha_release: 0.87
ha_domain: qrcode
---

The `qrcode` image processing platform enables QR code recognition from cameras.

To get this running, please install `zbar-tools` (Ubuntu 18.04)

## Configuration

To enable this, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
image_processing:
  - platform: qrcode
    source:
      - entity_id: camera.door
```

{% configuration %}
source:
  description: List of image sources.
  required: true
  type: list
  keys:
    entity_id:
      description: A camera entity id to get picture from.
      required: true
      type: string
    name:
      description: This parameter allows you to override the name of your `image_processing` entity.
      required: false
      type: string
{% endconfiguration %}