How to generate a EAN-13 barcode as a PNG file in C# .NET Framework

Today we are going to tackle EAN-13 barcodes using C# within .NET Framework. This normally painful process will be simplified immensely by judicious use of one of our APIs that is tailor-made for this situation.

Kicking things off, we are going to install our barcode client via NuGet:

Install-Package Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.Barcode -Version 2.0.2

Next, call our function for EAN-13.

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.Barcode.Api;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.Barcode.Client;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.Barcode.Model;
namespace Example
{
public class GenerateBarcodeEAN13Example
{
public void main()
{
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
Configuration.Default.AddApiKey("Apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// Configuration.Default.AddApiKeyPrefix("Apikey", "Bearer");
var apiInstance = new GenerateBarcodeApi();
var value = value_example;  // string | Barcode value to generate from
try
{
// Validates and generate a EAN-13 barcode as a PNG file, a type of 1D barcode
System.IO.Stream result = apiInstance.GenerateBarcodeEAN13(value);
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling GenerateBarcodeApi.GenerateBarcodeEAN13: " + e.Message );
}
}
}
}

Enter your desired string and the API will send back a PNG of your finished barcode, no further work necessary! Easy.