Rails & Ruby aren't going to be what you need for this. You'll need some kind of library probably in C/C++/etc that runs on the host computer. The best way is to make that app respond to http web inquiries, and then it will run the appropriate native code and return the result as if it were a web page.
On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 1:46:01 AM UTC-6, Adi bm wrote: > > I have a Ruby on Rails web app via which I want to access my smart card > reader connected to my PC via a USB. > > The idea is to press a button in the web app to initiate read action in > the card reader.[I have a ruby script to read the data serially].I however > want to extend the functionality to the web app,i.e. when the user clicks > the read button on the webapp the card details are read via the card reader > and displayed in the web page(Ruby on Rails web app). I am not sure on how > to go about it. These are some of the "sources" that I have encountered > online which might be the possible way: > > WebUSB API > chrome.usb > libusb > > Anyone who has previously done the same please guide me on how to go about > it. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/44fe696f-496a-4b7e-92ac-c6d53a08b77e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
