About 4QR.xyz

4QR.xyz is an online interactive artwork which allows the complete embedding of a web page into a URL.

Encode | | Reference | | Gallery

Subreddit | | GitHub | | Twitter

Making your own

The encoder allows you to encode your own wepage into a URL.
Anything that can be displayed by a web browser can be encoded.
Technical info can be found in the reference

Sharing

To share your code, consider posting your link on the 4QR.xyz subreddit.
Some of the best code will be curated into the gallery.

Issues / Comments / Questions

Site issues and feature requests can be reported to the issues page of the 4QR.xyz GitHub page.
Questions and/or comments can be addressed to the 4QR.xyz e-mail address
(all emails are read but may not be replied to).
News will be posted to twitter.

Q&A

Q: What is the purpose of this site?

A: 4QR.xyz was originally created by Alexander Reben to encode digital artworks into QR codes.
QR codes with an embedded URL will directly open in a browser when read.
So a website was created to render the data contained in a URL into a browser.
This allows all the data needed to make a webpage to be rendered without that webpage hosted on a server.
It became apparent that the tool itself could be used to create and share small creative web applications
(as well as any other code that a browser can display) is a non centralized way.
The data can be stored in QR codes, link shorteners, NFC cards or the blockchain.

Q: How long can my URL be?

A: This varies by browsers and platforms, but URLs with up to 9999 total characters have been tested as working in desktop chrome.

Q: Why does this site look like it is from 1997?

A: Everything in the site is trimmed down and optimized for bandwidth (at least that's the excuse).

Q: Can I find out more about the code in this site?

A: Check out the reference page or the GitHub page.

Q: Does my code run on your server?

A: No, all code is run locally in the browser of the person who clicked the link.

Q: Can you take down a link?

A: No, since there is no storage of the link, it only exists where it is shared.

THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES
OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE OR THE USE OR OTHER
DEALINGS IN THE WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE USER AGREES TO USE THIS WEBSITE AT THEIR OWN
RISK. THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT CONTROL THE CONTENT OF LINKS AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY LINK. YOU AGREE NOT TO CREATE ANYTHING WHICH:
IS UNLAWFUL OR PROMOTES UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES;
IS OR CONTAINS SEXUALLY OBSCENE CONTENT;
IS LIBELOUS, DEFAMATORY, OR FRAUDULENT;
IS DISCRIMINATORY OR ABUSIVE TOWARD ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP;
CONTAINS OR INSTALLS ANY ACTIVE MALWARE OR EXPLOITS, OR USES OUR
PLATFORM FOR EXPLOIT DELIVERY (SUCH AS PART OF A COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM);
INFRINGES ON ANY PROPRIETARY RIGHT OF ANY PARTY, INCLUDING PATENT, TRADEMARK,
TRADE SECRET, COPYRIGHT, RIGHT OF PUBLICITY, OR OTHER RIGHTS;
IS PRIMARILY FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

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