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This is all the result of reverse engineering or finding information on the internet. If you find mistakes or want to add information, a PR would be appreciated.

Parses the QR code data of a Deutschlandticket. It is only a dumb parser so far. It doesn't do any signature verification or further processing. Feel free to add this functionality with a pull request.

I recommend Binary Eye for the first two steps.

1. Scan your Deutschlandticket QR code, e.g., by making a screenshot and scanning it with a QR code scanner capable of doing so from an image file.
2. Store the data in a file called 'qr.bin'
3. Copy this file into the main directory of this repository
4. Execute python3 main.py

The Deutschlandticket QR code is distributed as a VDV-barcode defined in the VDV-Kernapplikation (VDV-KA). See: https://docplayer.org/61642532-Spezifikation-statischer-berechtigungen-fuer-2d-barcode-tickets.html Section 4.3

The Deutsche Bahn (DB) usually uses the UIC standard for their distribution of tickets. However, they start to integrate the VDV-KA standard as well, e.g., for Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket, Quer-Durchs-Land-Ticket, Länder-Tickets, City-Ticket, and City-mobil. And apparently now for the Deutschlandticket as well. See Interoperabilität Barcode DB Online-Ticket VDV-KA for more information about the compatibility between the UIC and the VDV-KA standard. In a nutshell, they use the same QR code representation (Aztec 2D-barcode), but after scanning the ticket it needs to be processed differently.