Barcode Generator API

About the Barcode Generator API

Send text data and select either Code 128 or Code 39 encoding, with the option to hide the text label beneath the bars. The API renders the image and returns a temporary download URL, image filename, and Unix expiration timestamp. Paid plans can customize line and background colors.

What people use it for

Warehouse Inventory Labeling

Logistics managers turn incoming SKU numbers into Code 128 barcodes to print adhesive tracking tags for pallet racks.

Retail Order Invoicing

When generating digital receipts, e-commerce storefronts append Code 39 barcode images so cashiers can scan returns at store counters.

Event Ticket Production

Embed unique scannable barcodes on printable PDF conference badges before sending confirmation emails to attendees.

Internal Asset Tracking

IT teams create compact Code 128 tags without bottom text labels to catalog laptops and monitors in inventory databases.

Ways to call it

One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.

JSON

Default REST response

XML

Markup format

YAML

Human-readable

CSV

Tabular export

Beta

GraphQL

Query language

New

MCP

For AI agents

Request parameters — POST /v1/barcodegenerator

Sent as JSON in the request body. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.

Required

Optional

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curl -X POST "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/barcodegenerator" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"data":"51001544700","type":"code128","lineColor":"#000000","backgroundColor":"#FFFFFF","displayValue":true}'

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.

Response — POST /v1/barcodegenerator

Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "imageName": "cc85680f-a1d0-4627-89ff-7d7e53663a2b.png",
    "format": ".png",
    "type": "CODE128",
    "expires": 1766010012598,
    "downloadURL": "https://storage.googleapis.com/apiverve/APIData/barcodegenerator/cc85680f-a1d0-4627-89ff-7d7e53663a2b.png?GoogleAccessId=635500398038-compute%40developer.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1766010012&Signature=cV6ANXGGaVDdl5SOFZt3xm2haHBnOklW1zXQICvJlGNlF4kwYVP9i%2F1RAN8NBGxSUiMk4Zcro%2FJUb3W%2Fwy8jA86pyEXTwIjNAiGW94ikpKSXs6%2FiV42Rwv6u2gX%2B2FH7XYyixlwJ%2B%2FHpfGcvka6u01FDk%2F2TUcR7%2FxsZ%2FmXPU2KTrzsI6XttCGBcHhex3LdTv%2F8tzMJbSshbZn%2BGcRTddwv6dC4lCcTtGE6Bl2zqY9s92KIr9X%2F4xj34q4XKBzywgXES57QaVhZeGPPOOUfLtI3pAN8fVSyM%2B9NBMU7R46xyqJ0J8PSVpQZhhAHn03T%2B40rcNp26GXqauM9K%2BLwZRw%3D%3D"
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Response headers

Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.

What a call costs — 10 credits per call

Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.

Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.

Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend

Drop an interactive Barcode Generator form onto any page. The widget calls the API for you, so no key ever appears in your markup and there is nothing to deploy.

Changelog — Barcode Generator API

Every change to this endpoint, newest first. Breaking changes ship as a new version and the previous one keeps serving — response fields are added, never removed or retyped in place, so an integration written against v1 keeps working.

Currently v1