smartcard.System

module documentation

Smartcard system utility functions and classes.

Manages smartcard readers and reader groups.

__author__ = "gemalto https://www.gemalto.com/"

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Function	`readergroups`	Returns the list of reader groups.
Function	`readers`	Returns the list of smartcard readers in groups as `smartcard.reader.Reader`.

def readergroups(): ¶

Returns the list of reader groups.

def readers(groups=None): ¶

Returns the list of smartcard readers in groups as smartcard.reader.Reader.

If groups is not specified, returns the list of all smartcard readers.

>>> import smartcard
>>> r=smartcard.readers()
>>> r=smartcard.readers(['SCard$DefaultReaders', 'MyReaderGroup'])