Helper library for all your Apple PassKit (Apple Wallet, Apple Passbook) needs: create passes, sign pass packages, receive [de]install notifications and send pass updates.
Attention: Apple Developer Account required!
*.pkpass
files):
PassInfoBuilder
and PassPackageBuilder
byte[]
and/or Stream
as content imagesbyte[]
or Stream
or X509Certificate2
as certificatesMemoryStream
as result (save it to file or write to HttpResponse)UsePassKitMiddleware
into your Startup.Configure()
IPassKitService
for real processing.var options = new PassKitOptions()
{
PassCertificate = new X509Certificate2(File.ReadAllBytes("pass.pfx")),
AppleCertificate = new X509Certificate2(File.ReadAllBytes("AppleWWDRCA.cer")),
ConfigureNewPass =
p => p.Standard
.PassTypeIdentifier("your-pass-type-identifier")
.TeamIdentifier("your-team-identifier")
// Add more "defaults" here if needed
};
IPassKitHelper passKitHelper = new PassKitHelper(options);
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddPassKitHelper(options =>
{
options.PassCertificate = new X509Certificate2(File.ReadAllBytes("pass.pfx"));
options.AppleCertificate = new X509Certificate2(File.ReadAllBytes("AppleWWDRCA.cer"));
options.ConfigureNewPass =
p => p.Standard
.PassTypeIdentifier("your-pass-type-identifier")
.TeamIdentifier("your-team-identifier")
// Add more "defaults" here if needed
});
}
Check Apple's PassKit Package Format Reference for detailed description of all fields and valid values.
Also, check Pass Design and Creation for accepted image types and sizes.
var pass = passKitHelper.CreateNewPass()
// Ths pass already have `PassTypeIdentifier`, `TeamIdentifier`
// and all other values you configured in options.
.Standard
.SerialNumber("PassKitHelper")
.OrganizationName("PassKit")
.Description("PassKitHelper demo pass")
.VisualAppearance
.Barcodes("1234567890128", BarcodeFormat.Code128)
.LogoText("PassKit Helper demo pass")
.ForegroundColor("rgb(44, 62, 80)")
.BackgroundColor("rgb(149, 165, 166)")
.LabelColor("rgb(236, 240, 241)")
.StoreCard
.PrimaryFields
.Add("version")
.Label("Library version")
.Value(libraryVersion)
.AuxiliaryFields
.Add("github")
.Label("GitHub link")
.Value("https://github.com/justdmitry/PassKitHelper");
var passPackage = passKitHelper.CreateNewPassPackage(pass)
.Icon(await File.ReadAllBytesAsync("images/icon.png"))
.Icon2X(await File.ReadAllBytesAsync("images/icon@2x.png"))
.Icon3X(await File.ReadAllBytesAsync("images/icon@3x.png"))
.Logo(await File.ReadAllBytesAsync("images/logo.jpg"))
.Strip(await File.ReadAllBytesAsync("images/strip.jpg"))
.Strip2X(await File.ReadAllBytesAsync("images/strip@2x.jpg"))
.Strip3X(await File.ReadAllBytesAsync("images/strip@3x.jpg"));
MemoryStream packageFile = await passPackage.SignAndBuildAsync();
// Now you have to "deliver" package file to user using any channel you have
// (save as attachment in email, download from your webapp etc)
await File.WriteAllBytesAsync("Sample.pkpass", packageFile.ToArray());
Code above will create this beautiful pass:
Apple's server can call your endpoint/server to notify about user installed/deinstalled your pass, to fetch updated version of pass (when user 'pulls down' pass in Wallet). You will be able to send pushes when you want to update pass in user's wallet. Check Apple's PassKit Web Service Reference for technical details.
public class PassKitService : IPassKitService
{
public Task<int> RegisterDeviceAsync(…) {…}
public Task<int> UnregisterDeviceAsync(…) {…}
public Task<(int status, string[]? passes, string? tag)> GetAssociatedPassesAsync(…) {…}
public Task<(int statusCode, MemoryStream? passData)> GetPassAsync(…) {…}
public Task ProcessLogsAsync(…) {…}
}
Startup
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
...
services.AddSingleton<IPassService, PassService>();
}
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
...
app.UsePassKitMiddleware("/callbacks/passkit");
...
}
You need publicly-accessible url/hostname for your server, and it must be secured with https/ssl.
Add this information into your passes:
var pass = passKitHelper.CreateNewPass()
// your
// original
// pass content
// goes here
.WebService
.AuthenticationToken("some-random-secret-string")
.WebServiceURL("https://you.server.com/callbacks/passkit")
AuthenticationToken is some "secret" string that you use to differentiate legal pass owners and malicious hackers.
WebServiceURL is hostname of your server and path that equal to one in UsePassKitMiddleware
in previous step.
When users install your pass packge to their iOS and Mac devices - Apple server call your RegisterDeviceAsync
. Save pushToken
value in database, and when you need to update pass on user device - call IPassKitHelper.SendPushNotificationAsync(pushToken)
.
Use NuGet package PassKitHelper
For netstandard2.0
:
For net6.0
/ net8.0
:
You need net8.0
to run build and tests;
Tests can be run with dotnet test
.