Launch URL when a card is presented example

When an end‑user presents a card to a reader, with Read‑a‑Card set up in this way, a web page will be opened and populated with data from the presented card.

Steps to set this up in Read‑a‑Card:

1. Card Type tab - change the default from  All Cards, if you only want Read-a-Card to react to certain card types.

2. Reader Type tab - change the default from  All supported PC/SC Contactless Card Readers only if you want to restrict the readers to use.

3. Action tab - choose  Launch URL (in web browser).

   Enter a URL, including any elements to be read from the card by using the URL launch insert codes listed below.

   If preferred, you can call a URL directly from Read‑a‑Card using HTTP, which will result in a 'silent' request. For this choose  Request URL via HTTP (without launching browser) instead.

4. Format tab - control how data should be read from the card.

URL launch insert codes

Example URL including URL insert codes:

http://www.example.com/read.html?ID=%nType=%t&Rdr=%i includes data elements read from the card that then affect how the web page is populated when it opens.