Sample iOS 6 Passbook Web Service in Rails

https://github.com/mattt/passbook_rails_example

by aaronbrethorst • 14 years ago

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prezjordan• 14 years ago

mattt is a legitimate github superstar, huh? I always see great projects from him (at an alarmingly high rate...)

On topic: this looks really nice, I'll definitely be using it to learn some more Rails

MaxGabriel3• 14 years ago

To add to this, I highly recommend Mattt's blog NSHipster--it's superb

drtse4• 14 years ago

Agreed, he should turn it into a newsletter.

blaines• 14 years ago

Nice work! I appreciate the documentation as well!

carson• 14 years ago

Apple really needs to stop putting this type of stuff under NDA. I've had something like this since 3 weeks after WWDC but I was sitting on it waiting for the NDA to lift. So many people are ignoring the NDA that at this point it seems that maybe Apple is effectively not enforcing it.

ben10402• 14 years ago

Seriously. When anyone can get access to NDA-protected stuff just by coughing up $100, all the NDA really does is make it difficult for developers to share helpful knowledge.

sdoowpilihp• 14 years ago

This is true to a cosmic scale. The combined hours of duplicated effort by developers unable to share even the most basic of experiences and tips with various new components in the ios ecosystem is not only wasteful and short sighted, it's down right absurd. It makes me wonder if there is a way other than posting on the apple forums to share blog posts or code to persons confirmed to be apple iOS developers ( which by extension would be under nda ).

k-mcgrady• 14 years ago

You can freely share information with other devs in Apple's dev forum.

suresk• 14 years ago

I probably wouldn't gamble on Apple forgoing litigation over something like that, but you're right - so many API-related leaks already occur that it is effectively useless, except to block legitimate things like books, tutorials, and sharing code like this.

It is a little silly they keep insisting on an NDA.

tvon• 14 years ago

Well, they may not litigate but couldn't they revoke your developer credentials (and put you out of business)?

aeontech• 14 years ago

So wait, is the only security on the pass information based on the device id being not commonly known?!

Wouldn't a simple MITM attack ruin all the fun? Or is this meant to be used over https with device-specific certificates?

rimantas• 14 years ago

Passes are signed.

jparishy• 14 years ago

Mattt is seriously a boss, and this is pretty sweet. Thanks for the example!

*edit: typo.

Aissen3• 14 years ago

OS-level Passbook is a neat idea. Would be 10x more useful with NFC. Optical Scanning in 2013? Really? Think human-less.

upinsmoke• 14 years ago

QR code is unfortunately still more common than NFC. Everyone was hoping that Apple would make NFC common.

Spooky23• 14 years ago

I disagree -- I think that NFC just adds another step that makes the technology less approachable and doesn't provide a big benefit.

The problem solved here is that I don't need to carry a half dozen cards or slips of paper to do stuff. In my wallet right now I have a BJ's Card, two supermarket cards, CVS card, a Hilton Honors card, a Westin card, library card, health insurance ID card, dental ID card and a couple of other store cards. If I don't carry the cards, I need to giv my phone number to a clerk to look up my account, which is a pain.

So I'm carrying around all of these cards. Passbook gets rid of all of them -- that's compelling.

NFC is another layer of geekery that's cool, but I'm not going to use it, just like how I never use my RFID credit card. Why? Wireless point of sale readers cost a fortune, and they aren't available at 95% of retail outlets, and when they are, they only work for credit cards. (Honestly, in my area, I only see them at drug stores and Exxon/Mobil stations)

Aissen3• 14 years ago

As I said, you can have both.

Also, you're not going to use it because no PoS has one ? Kind of a chicken-and-egg problem. Which can be solved by providing both optical and NFC.

runako• 14 years ago

Passbook works a) with existing scanners deployed to b) millions of POS systems around the world. Neither A nor B is true for NFC.

Aissen3• 14 years ago

You can have both.

Sample iOS 6 Passbook Web Service in Rails

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