@justinribeiro/webnfc-reader

<webnfc-reader>

A web component that uses WebNFC to read NFC tags.

Features

• Props down / events up model: set watch options and simply listen for events via addEventListener.
• sound attribute uses Web Audio API to make a beep when a tag is read (so hip)
• Built as a web component on Polymer 3 / LitElement

Install

This web component is built with Polymer 3 and ES modules in mind and is available on NPM:

Install webnfc-reader:

npm i @justinribeiro/webnfc-reader
# or
yarn add @justinribeiro/webnfc-reader

After install, import into your project:

import 'webnfc-reader';

Finally, use as required:

<webnfc-reader sound></webnfc-reader>

Chrome Flag Required

Currently, WebNFC is behind a Chrome flag on Android. To enable, go to chrome://flags and enabled WebNFC on an Android compatible device.

Attributes

Name	Description	Default
src	NFCWatchOptions.url property denotes the URL pattern which is used for matching the Web NFC Id of Web NFC messages which are being read. The default value "" means that no matching happens.	``
recordtype	NFCWatchOptions.recordType property denotes the string value which is used for matching the type property of each NFCRecord object in a Web NFC message. The default value "" means that no matching happens.	``
mediatype	NFCWatchOptions.mediaType property denotes the match pattern which is used for matching the type property of each NFCRecord object in a Web NFC message. The default value "" means that no matching happens.	``
mode	NFCWatchOptions.mode property denotes the NFCWatchMode value telling whether only Web NFC content or any NFC content will be watched.	any
verbose	Status messages sent through custom event webnfc-reader-status	false
sound	Make a beep sound through Web Audio API when tag is read	false

Events

Name	Description
webnfc-reader-status	Watch and status messages
webnfc-reader-watch	Receive WebNFC records on tag read