CLI Programmable Card Code Emulator

Write and test programmable card code in a safe environment.

Table of Contents

• About
• Templates
• Installation
• DevContainer (VSCode)
• Docker
• Usage
• Testing
• Contributing
• License
• Contact
• Acknowledgments
• Other Projects

About

While exploring Programmable Banking Cards, I found it difficult to test my code. I wanted to be able to write code and test it in a safe environment. I also wanted to be able to share my code with others. This project is an attempt to solve these problems.

Templates

Templates are the code that is run by the emulator. They are written in JavaScript and can be found in the templates directory. The template that is run by default is empty. This template does nothing and is a good starting point for writing your own templates.

Current Templates:

• empty - Does nothing
• petrol_card - A template for a petrol card
• rooty - A template for a sending a slack message after a transaction
• telegram - A template for sending a telegram message after a transaction
• postman-echo - A template for sending a transaction to Postman Echo

Installation

Before installing, download and install Node.js.

git clone https://github.com/devinpearson/programmable-banking-card-issuer.git
cd programmable-banking-card-issuer

npm install

DevContainer (VSCode)

VS Code will automatically detect the .devcontainer folder and prompt you to open the project in a container. This will set up the environment for you to run the server in a Docker container.

docker-compose -f .devcontainer/docker-compose.yml up

Docker

docker build -t card-emu .
docker run card-emu -t petrol_card

Usage

Commands: run run your code locally fetch-cards List cards fetch [cardkey] [filename] fetches your code fetch-env [cardkey] [filename] fetches your environmental variables upload [cardkey] [filename] pushes your code upload-env [cardkey] [filename] pushes your environmental variables

Options:

-e, --environment [environment] The environment to use

-a, --amount [amount] The amount of the transaction

-c, --currency [currency] The currency of the transaction

-e, --mcc [mcc] The merchant category code of the transaction

-m, --merchant [merchant] The merchant name of the transaction

-i, --city [city] The city of the transaction

-o, --country [country] The country of the transaction

-h, --help Display help for command

-v, --version Display the current version

To run a transaction against a template, run the following command:

node . main.js -e env.json --amount 60000 --currency ZAR --mcc 0000 --merchant "Test Merchant" --city "Test City" --country ZA

Testing

To run the tests, use the following command:

npm test

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue for any suggestions or improvements.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Contact

For inquiries, please open an issue.

Acknowledgments

• Yargs
• Chalk

Other Projects

• Banking API Simulator
• Random banking data generator
• Open Banking Point of Sales device
• Card Issuer
• A blockly editor for card code
• A HTTP server for using the card code emulator
• The card code emulator package