PureBasic

PC/SC Find Inserted Smart Cards

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Get detailed information about each reader including whether or not a smart card is currently inserted in the reader. (Also includes USB tokens.)

Note: This functionality was introduced in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkSCard.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    ; This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    ; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    scard.i = CkSCard::ckCreate()
    If scard.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; First establish a context to the PC/SC Resource Manager
    success = CkSCard::ckEstablishContext(scard,"user")
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSCard::ckLastErrorText(scard)
        CkSCard::ckDispose(scard)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Get JSON containing information about the smartcards currently inserted into readers.
    ; This also includes information about USB security tokens.
    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkSCard::ckFindSmartcards(scard,json)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSCard::ckLastErrorText(scard)
        CkSCard::ckDispose(scard)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::setCkEmitCompact(json, 0)
    Debug CkJsonObject::ckEmit(json)

    ; Here is sample output:
    ; See below for sample code to parse the JSON.

    ; You can see which readers have a card inserted by the "state".
    ; If the state contains "present", then a card is inserted into the reader.
    ; (USB tokens will typically always have a state containing "present")
    ; Also, the ATR of the card inserted into the reader is indicated by "atr".

    ; {
    ;   "reader": [
    ;     {
    ;       "name": "Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0",
    ;       "state": "present,inuse",
    ;       "vendorName": "Alcor Micro",
    ;       "systemName": "Alcor Micro USB Smart Card Reader 0",
    ;       "card": {
    ;         "atr": "3B7F96000080318065B0855956FB120FFE829000",
    ;         "windows": {
    ;           "miniDriver": "AxaltoCM.dll",
    ;           "cryptoProvider": "Microsoft Base Smart Card Crypto Provider",
    ;           "keyStorageProvider": "Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider"
    ;         }
    ;       }
    ;     },
    ;     {
    ;       "name": "FS USB Token 0",
    ;       "state": "present,inuse",
    ;       "vendorName": "FS",
    ;       "serialNumber": "3F",
    ;       "systemName": "FS USB Token 0",
    ;       "card": {
    ;         "atr": "3B9F958131FE9F006646530534002571DF000000000012",
    ;         "windows": {
    ;           "miniDriver": "eps2003csp11",
    ;           "cryptoProvider": "Microsoft Base Smart Card Crypto Provider",
    ;           "keyStorageProvider": "Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider"
    ;         }
    ;       }
    ;     },
    ;     {
    ;       "name": "FT Java Token 0",
    ;       "state": "present",
    ;       "vendorName": "FT",
    ;       "serialNumber": "3F",
    ;       "systemName": "FT Java Token 0",
    ;       "card": {
    ;         "atr": "3BFC180000813180459067464A00642D70C172FEE0FE",
    ;         "windows": {
    ;           "miniDriver": "tagliov70px.dll",
    ;           "cryptoProvider": "Microsoft Base Smart Card Crypto Provider",
    ;           "keyStorageProvider": "Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider"
    ;         }
    ;       }
    ;     },
    ;     {
    ;       "name": "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0",
    ;       "state": "present",
    ;       "vendorName": "SCM Microsystems Inc.",
    ;       "serialNumber": "333130303330",
    ;       "systemName": "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0",
    ;       "card": {
    ;         "atr": "3BFC180000813180459067464A00641606F2727E00E0",
    ;         "windows": {
    ;           "miniDriver": "tagliov70px.dll",
    ;           "cryptoProvider": "Microsoft Base Smart Card Crypto Provider",
    ;           "keyStorageProvider": "Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider"
    ;         }
    ;       }
    ;     },
    ;     {
    ;       "name": "Yubico YubiKey OTP+FIDO+CCID 0",
    ;       "state": "present",
    ;       "vendorName": "Yubico",
    ;       "serialNumber": "3F",
    ;       "systemName": "Yubico YubiKey OTP+FIDO+CCID 0",
    ;       "card": {
    ;         "atr": "3BFD1300008131FE158073C021C057597562694B657940",
    ;         "windows": {
    ;           "miniDriver": "msclmd.dll",
    ;           "cryptoProvider": "Microsoft Base Smart Card Crypto Provider",
    ;           "keyStorageProvider": "Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider"
    ;         }
    ;       }
    ;     }
    ;   ]
    ; }

    ; Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    ; Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    name.s
    state.s
    vendorName.s
    systemName.s
    cardAtr.s
    cardWindowsMiniDriver.s
    cardWindowsCryptoProvider.s
    cardWindowsKeyStorageProvider.s
    serialNumber.s

    i.i = 0
    count_i.i = CkJsonObject::ckSizeOfArray(json,"reader")
    While i < count_i
        CkJsonObject::setCkI(json, i)
        name = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].name")
        state = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].state")
        vendorName = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].vendorName")
        systemName = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].systemName")
        cardAtr = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].card.atr")
        cardWindowsMiniDriver = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].card.windows.miniDriver")
        cardWindowsCryptoProvider = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].card.windows.cryptoProvider")
        cardWindowsKeyStorageProvider = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].card.windows.keyStorageProvider")
        serialNumber = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"reader[i].serialNumber")
        i = i + 1
    Wend

    ; Applications should always release the context when finished.
    success = CkSCard::ckReleaseContext(scard)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkSCard::ckLastErrorText(scard)
    EndIf



    CkSCard::ckDispose(scard)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure