Create a QR code

QR codes are created with a flow, as its trigger. Choose Scan a QR code when you create the flow, pick a short code, and write the text people will send. QR codes are free.

Create a QR code with a new flow

1. Click Data Capture Flows, then New data capture flow.
2. Name the flow under Name your data capture flow.
3. Under How do people start it?, choose Scan a QR code.
4. Pick the number: 33777 or 55444.
5. Under Pre-written text, write the message people will send, or click one of the suggestions under Try:, such as "Send this text to get the slides!"
6. Click Create and build steps.

The QR code appears on the trigger card at the top of the flow builder, with Download PNG and Download SVG links.

Add a QR code to an existing flow

1. Open the flow and click the trigger card.
2. Choose Scan a QR code, write the Pre-written text, and click Save.

If the flow had a keyword, switching releases it. See Manage or release a keyword.

Writing the pre-written text

• Up to 140 characters.
• People see it in their messages app, ready to send, and can edit it first.
• Make it say what they're asking for: "Send this text to get the slides!"
• Textiful adds a short code such as ##k3x9q2m7wd on its own line, so it knows which QR code was scanned. Leave it in place.

You can change the text or the short code later from the trigger card. The QR code image stays the same, so anything you've already printed keeps working.

Next

• Download and print your QR code
• Test your flow on your own phone