# Scan QR code and populate details in a form **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 7, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/scan-qr-code-and-populate-details-in-a-form/14438 "2018-08-07T09:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bala](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@bala](https://forum.getodk.org/u/bala)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/scan-qr-code-and-populate-details-in-a-form/14438/1 "2018-08-07T09:59:01Z")
Hi I am using ODK collect to scan a QR code. I created a form that uses barcode to scan. issue is an xml is getting created, is there a way i can get the values populated in a form. can someone provide me a sample form. I am using motoe3 power and odk collect v1.16.1 ---
**Author:** ![danbjoseph](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/danbjoseph/32/21901_2.png) [@danbjoseph](https://forum.getodk.org/u/danbjoseph)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/scan-qr-code-and-populate-details-in-a-form/14438/2 "2018-08-07T17:36:04Z")
You are using a `barcode` [type question](http://xlsform.org/en/#question-types)? The value populated in the form will depend on the QR code and not ODK. For instance, I used [https://www.qr-code-generator.com/#text](https://www.qr-code-generator.com/#text) to create codes for `doge` and `danbjoseph` ![doge](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a992cb920d098913159ee621ee5ed2dae0f589a6.png)    ![danbjoseph](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/6/688d88e697620bacfeb22291d148084d41aaf4d8.png) ![Screenshot_20180807-125533](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4681d76bcf932d47c350db2a72eb97ca50a21753.png) ![Screenshot_20180807-125627](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d7f9069261dbabc1835b8c3bc3514e255bfdc76c.jpg) ![Screenshot_20180807-125551](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6f68f3a60068f58019781fece6beb2ff62ef6ce4.png) I'm not sure I understand your note about: > an xml is getting created Can you give more details about your question? ---
**Author:** ![bala](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@bala](https://forum.getodk.org/u/bala)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/scan-qr-code-and-populate-details-in-a-form/14438/3 "2018-08-08T01:23:41Z")
Thanks for reply. when i scan the QRcode, the output is displaying as an xml. how to get this xml populated into some labels like name,date of birth etc. ---
**Author:** ![Xiphware](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/xiphware/32/2587_2.png) [@Xiphware](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Xiphware)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/scan-qr-code-and-populate-details-in-a-form/14438/4 "2018-08-08T02:54:48Z")
What is the XML that you are getting? Or better yet, can you perhaps just post the QR code. I suspect its simply the fact the QR code you are scanning has 'encoded' a string that just happens to be XML in the first place, in which case there's no a whole lot Collect can do about it... AFAIK the [barcode widget](https://docs.opendatakit.org/form-question-types/#barcode-widget) doesn't subsequently try to parse the string/text it captured to determine whether its XML, JSON, YAML... and decipher it further. ---
**Author:** ![LN](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/ln/32/1605_2.png) [@LN](https://forum.getodk.org/u/LN)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/scan-qr-code-and-populate-details-in-a-form/14438/5 "2018-08-08T14:28:42Z")
Are you trying to pull out values from a QR code and assign them to different fields? One way to do this is to separate the values in the QR code with spaces and to use the `selected` function. Take a look at the second form posted at [Steps of printing barcode and auto fill the for by scanning barcode and continue updating another form - #9 by LN](https://forum.getodk.org/t/steps-of-printing-barcode-and-auto-fill-the-for-by-scanning-barcode-and-continue-updating-another-form/10786/9) for an example. You should be able to try it out with the barcode provided in the message and see whether it's what you're looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Wildscapes](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/wildscapes/32/10337_2.png) [@Wildscapes](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Wildscapes)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/scan-qr-code-and-populate-details-in-a-form/14438/6 "2020-02-10T22:13:40Z")
Hi, I know this is a old post but could you just confirm if you could use a different character to separate the text, like \_ (underscore) or -??? Does it have to be a space? ---
**Author:** ![Xiphware](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/xiphware/32/2587_2.png) [@Xiphware](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Xiphware)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/scan-qr-code-and-populate-details-in-a-form/14438/7 "2020-02-10T22:31:38Z")
[selected()](https://docs.opendatakit.org/form-operators-functions/#selected) function _requires_ space separated string. [see [https://github.com/opendatakit/javarosa/blob/master/src/main/java/org/javarosa/xpath/expr/XPathFuncExpr.java](https://github.com/opendatakit/javarosa/blob/master/src/main/java/org/javarosa/xpath/expr/XPathFuncExpr.java) line 1018 for the gory details...]