title: Deprecation of Google Infographics, QR Codes
body: <p>For the last 5 or so years if I have needed a QR code I have used the google APIs, yesterday for around 4 hours this service stopped. On investigation I found the service is now deprecated and a link to use Google Charts instead? I can not find any qr codes though? </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://developers.google.com/chart/infographics/docs/qr_codes" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zSvUB.png" alt="Warning: This API is deprecated. Please use the actively maintained Google Charts API instead. See our deprecation policy for details"></a></p>
  
  <p>So my question is does anyone one know if Google maintaining an API to generate QR Codes? If so where can the documentation on this be found. Or has their been a definitive statement from Google to say they are not supporting it going forward.</p>
  
  <p>The google API is really easy to use and has been reliable until now, example below.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=300x300&amp;chl=stuff" rel="noreferrer">https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=300x300&amp;chl=stuff</a> </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=300x300&amp;chl=stuff" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/kbOO8.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I found this post from a few years ago, I am not working in php sadly.
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17034664/is-there-an-alternative-to-google-chart-api-qr-generator">Is there an alternative to Google Chart API QR Generator?</a></p>