Labelmaker

Make printable QR code labels for samples using basic information about a project. The sample names iterate from 1 to N, where N is the number of samples; the replicate numbers iterate from 1 to M, where M is the number of replicates per sample. We are planning for a future release where the sample names can be provided in a spreadsheet.

Installation

If you don't have Conda installed on your machine, install Miniconda for your operating system (Python 3.7+ version).

Create a conda environment called labels where you will install the package qrcode:

conda create -n labels pandas click python=3
source activate labels
pip install qrcode[pil]

Clone the Labelmaker repository to your computer:

git clone https://github.com/cuttlefishh/labelmaker
cd labelmaker

Execution

Just run the command generate_labels.py with the required parameters, for example:

./generate_labels.py \
  --project MyProject \
  --contact MySurname \
  --sample_type DNA_0.2um \
  --date 20180929 \
  --num_samples 5 \
  --num_replicates 2 \
  --label_width 1.05 \
  --label_height 0.5

To learn more about each parameter, run ./generate_labels.py --help.