Scan of (QR|Bar)code on spool should select spool

[dcorbin]

What I want is to able to scan a visual code on spool using the already present camera, and have it automatically select that spool as the active one. An appropriate audio confirmation of success should be played (or a different sound on failure). The way I envision this is having the QR code contain the serial # that is recorded for the spool. Then I can easily pre-print a set of QR codes that have a set of serial numbers on a sheet of labels and I can apply them as spools enter inventory and enter them in to SM.

If this is how the QR code works in SM currently, my apologies. I've not found formal documentation, and I've tried to understand it by reading past Issues but it is not clear to me and I think it is for something different.

I would happily implement this is a separate plugin if SM provides suitable APIs[1] for this. If SM does not have such APIs, I can submit them as a PR.

OR I can do the work as a PR for SM if this is something you think would generally be useful.

[1] I think I'd need an API to search by serial number and get back spool information, and a way to make the a given spool the active one. API design can be a touchy subject, but I'll suggest the search API returning a URL that makes the spool active when "GET"'d would be the most ReSTful.

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