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pcsclite-server
Advanced tools
Store smartcard data in its memory and provide the data via web interface
This server can be deployed on a device connected with a smartcard reader. It will provide a web server serving with the latest card information it read.
sequenceDiagram
participant r as Card Reader
participant s as pcsclite-server
participant ce as Your Chome Extension
participant w as Your Web App
activate r
r ->> r: Read a card
r -->> s: Buffer
activate s
deactivate r
ce -->> w: Embed code to interact with localhost
s ->> s: Process and save in-memory
w ->> s: GET /cards/latest
activate w
s -->> w: { uid, citizenId, ... }
deactivate w
deactivate s
import { initializePcsc, createServer } from 'pcsclite-server';
const server = createServer();
// Modify Fastify server instance as needed
// Then initialize pcsclite using the server instance
initializePcsc(server);
server.listen({ port: 3000, host: '0.0.0.0' });
It should be used with a Chrome Extension which provide a service worker embeded a piece of code to interact with the local pcsclite-server. You should implement a security layer between the pcsclite-server and your Chrome Extension so to prevent malicious actor in your network.
FAQs
Store smartcard data in its memory and provide the data via web interface
We found that pcsclite-server demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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