VintaSoft Barcode .NET SDK 15.3: Documentation for Web developer
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    Recognize barcodes in image in ASP.NET Core application
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    This tutorial shows how to create a blank ASP.NET Core Web application in Visual Studio .NET 2026 and recognize barcodes in image in ASP.NET Core application.

    Here are steps, which must be done:
    1. Create a blank ASP.NET Core Web application.

      Open Visual Studio .NET 2026 and create a new project, of "ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller)" application type:

      Configure the project to use .NET 10.0:

    2. Server side: Add references to the Vintasoft nuget-packages to ASP.NET Core Web application.

      Add references to the nuget-packages "Vintasoft.Barcode", "Vintasoft.Barcode.SkiaSharp" and "Vintasoft.Barcode.AspNetCore.ApiControllers" to the ASP.NET Core project.

    3. Server side: Add Web API controller that allows to recognizes barcodes in image.

      • Press the right mouse button on the "Controllers" folder and select the "Add => Controller..." menu from context menu
      • Select Empty API controller template, set the controller name to the "MyVintasoftBarcodeApiController" and press the "Add" button
      • Specify that MyVintasoftBarcodeApiController class is derived from Vintasoft.Barcode.AspNetCore.ApiControllers.VintasoftBarcodeApiController class

        Here are source codes of MyVintasoftBarcodeApiController class:
        using Vintasoft.Barcode.AspNetCore.ApiControllers;
        
        namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
        {
            public class MyVintasoftBarcodeApiController : VintasoftBarcodeApiController
            {
        
                public MyVintasoftBarcodeApiController(IWebHostEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
                    : base(hostingEnvironment)
                {
                }
        
            }
        }
        

    4. Server side: Add reference to the nuget-package "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" for deserialization of barcode recognition results.

      • Add reference to the nuget-package "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" to the ASP.NET Core project:
      • Open the "Program.cs" file and add code line "builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews().AddNewtonsoftJson();". This is necessary for correct deserialization of barcode recognition results.

        Here are source codes of Program.cs:
        var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
        
        // Add services to the container.
        builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews().AddNewtonsoftJson();
        
        var app = builder.Build();
        
        // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
        if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
        {
            app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
            // The default HSTS value is 30 days. You may want to change this for production scenarios, see https://aka.ms/aspnetcore-hsts.
            app.UseHsts();
        }
        
        app.UseHttpsRedirection();
        app.UseRouting();
        
        app.UseAuthorization();
        
        app.MapStaticAssets();
        
        app.MapControllerRoute(
            name: "default",
            pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}")
            .WithStaticAssets();
        
        
        app.Run();
        
        

    5. Client side: Add Vintasoft JavaScript files to the project.

      • Add the "wwwroot\lib\Vintasoft" folder to ASP.NET Core application.

      • Copy Vintasoft.Shared.js and Vintasoft.Barcode.js files from "<InstallPath>\VintaSoft Barcode .NET 15.3\Bin\JavaScript\" folder into "wwwroot\lib\Vintasoft\" folder.
    6. Client side: Add JavaScript code, which recognizes barcodes in image and displays barcode recognition result, to the web view.

      • Create folder "wwwroot\UploadedImageFiles\SessionID" and copy image file with barcodes "<InstallPath>VintaSoft\Barcode .NET 15.3\Images\AllSupportedBarcodes.png" to the folder. We will recognize barcodes in this image.

      • Open file "Views\Home\Index.cshtml", clear the file, add HTML code (references to VintaSoft JavaScript files; DIV-element that will display information about recognized barcodes) to the "Index.cshtml" file:

        Here is HTML code of "Index.cshtml" file:
        @{
            ViewData["Title"] "blue">Title"] = "Home Page";
        }
        
        <script src="~/lib/Vintasoft/Vintasoft.Shared.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
        <script src="~/lib/Vintasoft/Vintasoft.Barcode.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
        
        <div id="barcodeInformation"></div>
        
        

      • Open file "wwwroot\js\site.js", clear the file, add JavaScript code (recognizes barcode in image and displays barcode recognition result) to the "site.js" file:

        Here is JavaScript code that recognizes barcodes in image and displays barcode recognition result:
        /**
         * Recognizes barcodes.
         */
        function __recognizeBarcodes() {
            // set the session identifier
            Vintasoft.Shared.WebImagingEnviromentJS.set_SessionId("SessionID");
        
            // create service that allows to recognize barcodes
            var barcodeService = new Vintasoft.Shared.WebServiceControllerJS("vintasoft/api/MyVintasoftBarcodeApi");
        
            // create the barcode reader
            var barcodeReader = new Vintasoft.Barcode.WebBarcodeReaderJS(barcodeService);
            // specify that Code39 barcode must be searched
            barcodeReader.get_Settings().set_BarcodeType(new Vintasoft.Barcode.WebBarcodeTypeEnumJS("Code39"));
        
            // create web image that references to a file "AllSupportedBarcodes.png" in directory "/UploadedImageFiles/SessionID/"
            var imageSource = new Vintasoft.Shared.WebImageSourceJS("AllSupportedBarcodes.png");
            var image = new Vintasoft.Shared.WebImageJS(imageSource, 0);
        
            // send an asynchronous request for barcode recognition
            barcodeReader.readBarcodes(image, __recognizeBarcodes_success, __recognizeBarcodes_fail);
        }
        
        /**
         * Barcodes are recognized successfully.
         */
        function __recognizeBarcodes_success(data) {
            if (data.success) {
                // get the barcode recognition result
                var barcodeRecognitionResults = data.results;
        
                var htmlMarkup = '';
                // if no barcodes found
                if (barcodeRecognitionResults.length == 0) {
                    htmlMarkup = 'No barcodes found.';
                }
                // if barcodes are found
                else {
                    htmlMarkup = barcodeRecognitionResults.length.toString() + ' barcodes are found.<br />';
                    htmlMarkup += '<br />';
        
                    // for each recognized barcode
                    for (var i = 0; i < barcodeRecognitionResults.length; i++) {
                        // get the barcode recognition result
                        var barcodeRecognitionResult = barcodeRecognitionResults[i];
        
                        // output information about recognized barcode
                        htmlMarkup += '[' + (i + 1) + ':' + barcodeRecognitionResult.barcodeType + ']<br />';
                        htmlMarkup += '  Value: ' + barcodeRecognitionResult.value + '<br />';
                        htmlMarkup += '  Confidence: ' + barcodeRecognitionResult.confidence + '<br />';
                        htmlMarkup += '  Reading quality: ' + barcodeRecognitionResult.readingQuality.toFixed(2) + '<br />';
                        htmlMarkup += '  Threshold: ' + barcodeRecognitionResult.threshold + '<br />';
                        htmlMarkup += '  Region: ' +
                            'LT=(' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.leftTop.x + ',' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.leftTop.y + '); ' +
                            'RT=(' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.rightTop.x + ',' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.rightTop.y + '); ' +
                            'LB=(' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.leftBottom.x + ',' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.leftBottom.y + '); ' +
                            'RB=(' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.rightBottom.x + ',' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.rightBottom.y + '); ' +
                            'Angle=' + barcodeRecognitionResult.region.angle.toFixed(1) + '°<br />';
        
                        htmlMarkup += '<br />';
                    }
                }
        
                var barcodeInformationElement = document.getElementById("barcodeInformation");
                barcodeInformationElement.innerHTML = htmlMarkup;
            }
        }
        
        /**
         * Barcode recognition is failed.
         */
        function __recognizeBarcodes_fail(data) {
            // show information about error
            alert(data.errorMessage);
        }
        
        
        // recognize barcodes
        __recognizeBarcodes();
        
        

    7. Run the ASP.NET Core application and see the result.