jQuery Scanner Detection

jQuery Scanner Detection is a small plugin to detect when user use a scanner (barcode, QR Code...) instead of a keyboard, and call specific callbacks.

How use it

To initialize the detection, 2 ways:

$(selector).scannerDetection(); // Initiliaze with default options
$(selector).scannerDetection({...}); // Initiliaze with an object that contains options
$(selector).scannerDetection(function(){...}); // Initiliaze with a function that is onComplete callback

To simulate a scanning after initialisation:

$(selector).scannerDetection('scanned string');

Options

###onComplete Default: false
Callback after detection of a successfull scanning ###onError Default: false
Callback after detection of a unsuccessfull scanning (scanned string in parameter) ###onReceive Default: false
Callback after receive a char (original keypress event in parameter) ###timeBeforeScanTest Default: 100
Wait duration (ms) after keypress event to check if scanning is finished ###avgTimeByChar Default: 30
Average time (ms) between 2 chars. Used to do difference between keyboard typing and scanning ###minLength Default: :6
Minimum length for a scanning ###endChar Default: [9,13]
Chars to remove and means end of scanning ###stopPropagation Default: false
Stop immediate propagation on keypress event ###preventDefault Default: false
Prevent default action on keypress event

Events

All callbacks are of type function and can also be bound as event listeners.
Like this, you can add multiple callbacks for each event.
Of course, events exist only if plugin is initialized on selector.

$(selector)
    .bind('scannerDetectionComplete',function(e,data){...})
    .bind('scannerDetectionError',function(e,data){...})
    .bind('scannerDetectionReceive',function(e,data){...})

###scannerDetectionComplete Callback after detection of a successfull scanning
Event data: {string: "scanned string"} ###scannerDetectionError Callback after detection of a unsuccessfull scanning
Event data: {string: "scanned string"}
###scannerDetectionReceive Callback after receive a char
Event data: {evt: {original keypress event}}

Browser compatibility

On old IE browser (IE<9), Date.now() and Array.indexOf() are not implemented.
If you plan to use this plugin on these browsers, please add jquery.scannerdetection.compatibility.js file before the plugin.