zbar fun

decode.py

#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import zbar
from PIL import Image

def read_barcode(path):
    scanner = zbar.ImageScanner()
    scanner.parse_config('enable')
    pil = Image.open(image).convert('L')
    width, height = pil.size
    raw = pil.tostring()

    # wrap image data
    image = zbar.Image(width, height, 'Y800', raw)

    # scan the image for barcodes
    scanner.scan(image)

    # extract results
    for symbol in image:
        # do something useful with results
        print 'decoded', symbol.type, 'symbol', '"%s"' % symbol.data