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PKCS11 Discover Readers and Smart Cards / Tokens

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Example showing how to discover the readers (slots) and smart cards and tokens available through a vendor's PKCS11 Cryptoki module.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.88 or later.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

; Note: Chilkat's PKCS11 implementation runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other supported operating systems.

$oPkcs11 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Pkcs11")

; Specify the vendor's Cryptoki module DLL / shared lib.
$oPkcs11.SharedLibPath = "aetpkss1.dll"

$bSuccess = $oPkcs11.Initialize()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oPkcs11.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Call Discover to discover what's available.
; Indicate that we only want to return slots (readers) where tokens (smart cards) are present.
; (If the device is a USB token, such as an ePass300Auto, then by definition it has a "token" present.)
Local $bOnlyTokensPresent = True
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$bSuccess = $oPkcs11.Discover($bOnlyTokensPresent,$oJson)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oPkcs11.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJson.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

; Sample JSON output.
; Code for parsing this JSON is shown below..

; {
;   "cryptokiVersion": {
;     "major": 2,
;     "minor": 20
;   },
;   "manufacturerID": "A.E.T. Europe B.V.",
;   "libraryDescription": "Cryptographic Token Interface",
;   "libraryVersion": {
;     "major": 3,
;     "minor": 0
;   },
;   "slot": [
;     {
;       "id": 52482,
;       "slotDescription": "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0",
;       "manufacturerID": "SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB",
;       "tokenPresent": true,
;       "removableDevice": true,
;       "hardwareSlot": true,
;       "hardwareVersion": {
;         "major": 0,
;         "minor": 0
;       },
;       "firmwareVersion": {
;         "major": 0,
;         "minor": 0
;       },
;       "token": {
;         "label": "chilkat",
;         "manufacturerID": "A.E.T. Europe B.V.",
;         "model": "19C40406010D00C0",
;         "serialNumber": "21619600583C4505",
;         "flags": [
;           "CKF_RNG",
;           "CKF_LOGIN_REQUIRED",
;           "CKF_USER_PIN_INITIALIZED",
;           "CKF_TOKEN_INITIALIZED"
;         ],
;         "maxSessionCount": 126,
;         "sessionCount": 0,
;         "maxRwSessionCount": 126,
;         "rwSessionCount": 0,
;         "maxPinLen": 15,
;         "minPinLen": 4,
;         "totalPublicMemory": 32767,
;         "freePublicMemory": 32767,
;         "totalPrivateMemory": 32767,
;         "freePrivateMemory": 32767,
;         "hardwareVersion": {
;           "major": 0,
;           "minor": 0
;         },
;         "firmwareVersion": {
;           "major": 0,
;           "minor": 0
;         },
;         "utcTime": "",
;         "rsa": {
;           "minKeySize": 768,
;           "maxKeySize": 2048
;         },
;         "mechanism": [
;           "CKM_RSA_PKCS",
;           "CKM_RSA_X_509",
;           "CKM_RSA_PKCS_OAEP",
;           "CKM_MD5_RSA_PKCS",
;           "CKM_SHA1_RSA_PKCS",
;           "CKM_SHA224_RSA_PKCS",
;           "CKM_SHA256_RSA_PKCS",
;           "CKM_SHA384_RSA_PKCS",
;           "CKM_SHA512_RSA_PKCS",
;           "CKM_RIPEMD160_RSA_PKCS",
;           "CKM_CPK_ECDSA",
;           "CKM_CPK_ECDSA_SHA1",
;           "CKM_CPK_ECIES",
;           "CKM_CPK_ECIES_STDDH_SHA1KDF_DES3CBC_PAD_SHA1HMAC",
;           "CKM_CPK_ECIES_STDDH_SHA1KDF_AES128CBC_PAD_SHA1HMAC",
;           "CKM_CPK_PKCS7_SIGNED",
;           "CKM_CPK_PKCS7_ENVELOPE_DES3CBC_PAD",
;           "CKM_RSA_PKCS_PSS",
;           "CKM_RSA_PKCS_KEY_PAIR_GEN",
;           "CKM_RC2_KEY_GEN",
;           "CKM_RC2_ECB",
;           "CKM_RC2_CBC",
;           "CKM_RC2_CBC_PAD",
;           "CKM_RC4_KEY_GEN",
;           "CKM_RC4",
;           "CKM_DES_KEY_GEN",
;           "CKM_DES2_KEY_GEN",
;           "CKM_DES3_KEY_GEN",
;           "CKM_DES_ECB",
;           "CKM_DES_CBC",
;           "CKM_DES3_ECB",
;           "CKM_DES3_CBC",
;           "CKM_DES_CBC_PAD",
;           "CKM_DES3_CBC_PAD",
;           "CKM_MD5",
;           "CKM_SHA_1",
;           "CKM_SHA224",
;           "CKM_SHA256",
;           "CKM_SHA384",
;           "CKM_SHA512",
;           "CKM_RIPEMD160"
;         ]
;       }
;     }
;   ]
; }

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

Local $id
Local $slotDescription
Local $bTokenPresent
Local $bRemovableDevice
Local $bHardwareSlot
Local $iHardwareVersionMajor
Local $iHardwareVersionMinor
Local $iFirmwareVersionMajor
Local $iFirmwareVersionMinor
Local $sTokenLabel
Local $sTokenManufacturerID
Local $sTokenModel
Local $sTokenSerialNumber
Local $iTokenMaxSessionCount
Local $iTokenSessionCount
Local $iTokenMaxRwSessionCount
Local $iTokenRwSessionCount
Local $iTokenMaxPinLen
Local $iTokenMinPinLen
Local $iTokenTotalPublicMemory
Local $iTokenFreePublicMemory
Local $iTokenTotalPrivateMemory
Local $iTokenFreePrivateMemory
Local $iTokenHardwareVersionMajor
Local $iTokenHardwareVersionMinor
Local $iTokenFirmwareVersionMajor
Local $iTokenFirmwareVersionMinor
Local $sTokenUtcTime
Local $iTokenRsaMinKeySize
Local $iTokenRsaMaxKeySize
Local $iJ
Local $iCount_j
Local $strVal

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

Local $iCryptokiVersionMajor = $oJson.IntOf("cryptokiVersion.major")
Local $iCryptokiVersionMinor = $oJson.IntOf("cryptokiVersion.minor")
Local $sManufacturerID = $oJson.StringOf("manufacturerID")
Local $sLibraryDescription = $oJson.StringOf("libraryDescription")
Local $iLibraryVersionMajor = $oJson.IntOf("libraryVersion.major")
Local $iLibraryVersionMinor = $oJson.IntOf("libraryVersion.minor")
Local $i = 0
Local $iCount_i = $oJson.SizeOfArray("slot")
While $i < $iCount_i
    $oJson.I = $i
    $id = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].id")
    $slotDescription = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].slotDescription")
    $sManufacturerID = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].manufacturerID")
    $bTokenPresent = $oJson.BoolOf("slot[i].tokenPresent")
    $bRemovableDevice = $oJson.BoolOf("slot[i].removableDevice")
    $bHardwareSlot = $oJson.BoolOf("slot[i].hardwareSlot")
    $iHardwareVersionMajor = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].hardwareVersion.major")
    $iHardwareVersionMinor = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].hardwareVersion.minor")
    $iFirmwareVersionMajor = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].firmwareVersion.major")
    $iFirmwareVersionMinor = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].firmwareVersion.minor")
    $sTokenLabel = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].token.label")
    $sTokenManufacturerID = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].token.manufacturerID")
    $sTokenModel = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].token.model")
    $sTokenSerialNumber = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].token.serialNumber")
    $iTokenMaxSessionCount = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.maxSessionCount")
    $iTokenSessionCount = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.sessionCount")
    $iTokenMaxRwSessionCount = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.maxRwSessionCount")
    $iTokenRwSessionCount = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.rwSessionCount")
    $iTokenMaxPinLen = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.maxPinLen")
    $iTokenMinPinLen = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.minPinLen")
    $iTokenTotalPublicMemory = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.totalPublicMemory")
    $iTokenFreePublicMemory = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.freePublicMemory")
    $iTokenTotalPrivateMemory = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.totalPrivateMemory")
    $iTokenFreePrivateMemory = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.freePrivateMemory")
    $iTokenHardwareVersionMajor = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.hardwareVersion.major")
    $iTokenHardwareVersionMinor = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.hardwareVersion.minor")
    $iTokenFirmwareVersionMajor = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.firmwareVersion.major")
    $iTokenFirmwareVersionMinor = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.firmwareVersion.minor")
    $sTokenUtcTime = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].token.utcTime")
    $iTokenRsaMinKeySize = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.rsa.minKeySize")
    $iTokenRsaMaxKeySize = $oJson.IntOf("slot[i].token.rsa.maxKeySize")
    $iJ = 0
    $iCount_j = $oJson.SizeOfArray("slot[i].token.flags")
    While $iJ < $iCount_j
        $oJson.J = $iJ
        $strVal = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].token.flags[j]")
        $iJ = $iJ + 1
    Wend
    $iJ = 0
    $iCount_j = $oJson.SizeOfArray("slot[i].token.mechanism")
    While $iJ < $iCount_j
        $oJson.J = $iJ
        $strVal = $oJson.StringOf("slot[i].token.mechanism[j]")
        $iJ = $iJ + 1
    Wend
    $i = $i + 1
Wend