A custom Drupal 10/11 module that generates and displays QR codes for ancient tourist locations in Sri Lanka. Scanning the QR code shows the official map/location URL or the node page itself.
📦 Module Name: ancient_location_qr
🛠️ Core Compatibility: Drupal 10 / 11
🔗 3rd-party Library: endroid/qr-code ^4.0
This module is designed to demonstrate real-world Drupal 10/11 custom development skills while building a useful feature:
Generate and display QR codes for ancient places. Visitors can scan the QR to quickly open a map or location details on their devices.
- ✅ Custom module architecture (
.info.yml, services, templates, libraries) - ✅ Using Composer for third-party PHP library integration in Drupal
- ✅ Custom Views Format plugin (grid layout for Image | Title | QR)
- ✅ Custom Field Formatter (turn map URL into QR image)
- ✅ Custom Block plugin for standalone QR display
- ✅ Symfony Service architecture with Dependency Injection
- ✅ Drupal caching best practices (tags, contexts, lazy image generation)
- ✅ Real-world utility: integrates with Views, blocks, and fields
- Generate QR codes for node URL or map URL using endroid/qr-code
- Multiple display options:
- 📦 As a Block: place anywhere via Block Layout
- 🎨 As a Field Formatter: attach to fields like
field_map_url - 📐 As a Custom Views Format plugin: display a list of ancient places with Image | Title | QR layout
- Admin settings (planned):
- Image format: PNG or SVG
- QR size (default: 250×250)
- Optional download QR code link for users
- Cache-friendly rendering for performance
- Download or clone the module into
web/modules/custom/ancient_location_qrcomposer require endroid/qr-code:^4.0