Bug 14228

Summary: Fill in patron info by scanning an ID
Product: Koha Reporter: Nicole C. Engard <nengard>
Component: PatronsAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED MOVED QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: new feature    
Priority: P5 - low CC: barbara.johnson, cbrannon, clackman, gmcharlt, jdemuth, jzairo, kyle
Version: Main   
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Description Nicole C. Engard 2015-05-20 02:14:27 UTC
It would be nice if you could scan a barcode on a drivers license and get the name, address, birthday info
Comment 1 Andrew Fuerste-Henry 2019-10-22 15:45:24 UTC
*** Bug 23877 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Christopher Brannon 2019-10-22 15:48:25 UTC
Would be interested in seeing a tool in the new patron form that would allow you to scan the barcode on the driver's license and grab information like patron name, birth date, address, etc, and fill in the appropriate fields.  Data appears to be marked, similar to SIP data.

We could make it so libraries could select what data is imported from the license, and format it properly.
Comment 3 Owen Leonard 2019-10-22 16:15:02 UTC
This might be a good candidate for a plugin since the functionality would be US-specific.
Comment 4 Katrin Fischer 2019-10-23 05:53:50 UTC
(In reply to Owen Leonard from comment #3)
> This might be a good candidate for a plugin since the functionality would be
> US-specific.

+1 !
Comment 5 Barbara Johnson 2020-07-17 17:25:12 UTC
We would love to have this functionality.  We already scan the drivers license barcode into an authorized value in our patron records.  It would be great if it could be set up to do that in addition to capturing the standard name, address, and DOB info.
Comment 6 Katrin Fischer 2023-08-05 11:05:17 UTC
It looks like there is a plugin now for doing exactly this :)

https://github.com/bywatersolutions/koha-plugin-drivers-license-scanner

Not sure if I should close this WONTFIX or FIXED... as the plugin is strictly speaking not in Koha. I am picking MOVED :)