Work in progress ;) This shall be, one day:
- A web interface (or DataStore extension) for batch generation of labels with QR codes for samples
- Extend QR code generation by additional info & formats (for tiny, normal and big bottles)
- Allow custom label layout, predefined layouts allow for standardization as well
- Key features:
- web interface, accessibility on each PC with DataStore access, no installation of anything
- Generate standard A4 PDF files to be printed on regular network printers anywhere, no special hardware or drivers
- Allow to predefine label grids for widely used label sheets, e.g. Herma
- Select multiple sample objects quickly, e.g. in a DataStore listing
- Technical thoughts:
- Javascript should be suitable for this, as it can be used by any employee in the webbrowser and requires no additional hardware or setup.
There is a short presentation about this app held on the OpenBIS User Group Meeting 2025 at BAM.
In each of the cases documented below, run or isntall the app like this:
python installOrProxy.py config.json
This uploads the App (self-contained HTML with Javascript and images embedded) to your OpenBIS instance as configured in config.json with uploadNoProxy: true.
This needs to run the proxy app to allow you to authenticate against the OpenBIS server and use its API. For this, set uploadNoProxy: false in config.json.
Please use the Issues Section for feedback and problems. This is very open for collaboration, please consider submitting a pull request :)
