how to generate barcode in python 3.7

Question

I am using python 3.7, for barcode generation I am trying to install pyBarcode library using pip install pyBarcode'. but it shows the following error:

Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyBarcode (from versions: ) no matching distribution found for pyBarcode

Now, how can I install pyBarcode for my Python version?

Answer 1

1st install the right lib:

pip install python-barcode

then code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import barcode
from barcode.writer import ImageWriter

def testEan():
    EAN = barcode.get_barcode_class('ean13')
    ean = EAN(u'123456789011', writer=ImageWriter())
    fullname = ean.save('my_ean13_barcode')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    testEan()

this code produces