QR check-ins and tickets
Event entry, class attendance, gym check-ins: the QR code contains a URL of your ChatGPT & Codex app with a token, the scanner opens it inside the app, your backend (Your own API or serverless functions) validates it.
What you can build with it
Barcode lookups
Inventory, product catalogs, price checks: the scanned EAN/UPC value is available as barcodescanresult and can fill a form field or trigger a lookup.
Loyalty and referrals
Members show a QR code, staff scan it with the same app. Both sides are plain pages in ChatGPT & Codex; the camera part is native.
Prompt for ChatGPT & Codex
Paste this into ChatGPT & Codex to implement the web-app side. Review the result, publish, then test inside the WebViewGold app.
Prompt for ChatGPT or Codex
Prompt for Codex: Add native scanning for the WebViewGold app wrapper and open a pull request. Create a Scan screen, visible only when navigator.userAgent contains my custom WebViewGold token, with Scan QR code (sets window.location.href to qrcode://) and Scan barcode (sets window.location.href to barcodescanner://). After the barcode call, poll the global barcodescanresult every 300 ms for up to 60 seconds; when set, send it to a new server endpoint that looks up the product and, if unknown, asks the OpenAI API server-side for a short description. Add a route /s/:code for QR codes. Provide manual entry in browsers. Document the bridge in AGENTS.md.
Great way of converting your web app to a native app! Fast turn-around, and a great way to get your apps into the app stores without the need to develop a full native app!
Add the scanner to a ChatGPT & Codex app
About 10 minutes plus your business logic.
Add a scan button
A link or button that navigates to
qrcode://(QR codes, result URL is opened in the app) orbarcodescanner://(barcodes, result stored inbarcodescanresult). Show it only inside the app by detecting the WebViewGold user agent.Handle the result in your web app
For QR codes: encode a URL of your ChatGPT & Codex app (for example
https://app.yourdomain.com/checkin?token=…); the app opens it like any navigation and your page does the rest. For barcodes: readbarcodescanresultafter the scanner closes and call your lookup in Your own API or serverless functions.Explain the camera permission
The WebViewGold projects already contain the camera usage description; adjust the text so it names your use case ("to scan tickets at the entrance"). Both stores read these strings.
Choose the scanning mode
With
scanningmode://on,offorautoyou control whether the scanner closes after the first hit or keeps scanning, useful for inventory counts.
Barcode result in JavaScript
A minimal handler for the barcode variable:
javascript
// button inside the app
function startScan() { window.location.href = "barcodescanner://"; }
// WebViewGold injects the result into the page
function onScannerClosed() {
if (typeof barcodescanresult !== "undefined" && barcodescanresult) {
document.querySelector("#sku").value = barcodescanresult;
lookupProduct(barcodescanresult);
}
}Frequently asked questions
Does the scanner need extra permissions in the stores?
Only the camera permission with a purpose string, which the WebViewGold projects already contain. Describe the use case honestly in the string and in the App Privacy / Data safety answers if you store scan data.
Can I scan from the web app in the browser too?
Yes, with a JavaScript library. The native scanner is faster and uses the system camera UI; detect the app via the user agent and offer the native scanner there, the web library elsewhere.
Which barcode formats are supported?
The common 1D and 2D formats (EAN, UPC, Code 128, QR and more) through the native platform scanner frameworks.
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