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Passbook
Passbook is an application in iOS that allows users to store coupons, boarding passes, and other forms of mobile payments. It was announced by Apple at the 2012 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 11, 2012 and finally released with iOS 6 on September 19, 2012.
Contents
Features
The Passbook application displays 2D barcodes of following types:
- Aztec
- PDF417
- QR
Each digital coupon or ticket is known as a "pass". When the user launches Passbook for the first time, they will be redirected to the App Store to download applications with Passbook integration. Passes can also be added using a webbrowser and the built-in Mail application as well, along with the corresponding OS X applications in OS X Mountain Lion.
Although the application is available in iOS 6 or later, it is currently only available on iPhone and iPod touch, but not on iPad.
Passbook has the following features
- Displays 2D barcodes of following types: Aztec, PDF417 and QR.
- Triggered by location.
- Triggered by time of pass.
- Can be updated by the pass provider or user himself.
Passbook Passes
Passbook passes are renamed ZIP archives with the extension pkpass. Ususally they have the following content.
- icon.png
- icon@2x.png (Retina Version of icon)
- logo.png
- logo@2x.png (Retina Version of logo)
- manifest.json
- pass.json
- signature
Passbook passes basically rely on JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) as data-interchange format.
Transportation Services on Passbook
The following services currently support passbook passes.
- Air China
- Air Canada
- American Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Porter Airlines
- United Airlines
- Virgin Australia Airlines
- Amtrak
Loyalty Cards
The following loyalty cards are available on Passbook.
- Gyft
- Sephora
- Staples
- Starbucks
- Target Corporation
- Valpak
- Walgreens
Online Passbook Creators
The following websites allow you to create Passbook content.
| Name | URL |
|---|---|
| PassKit | http://passk.it & https://create.passkit.com |
| Passbook Generator | http://www.passbookgenerator.com |
| Passfu | http://passfu.com |
| iPass.pk | http://ipass.pk |
| PassPages | http://passpages.com |
| Passslot | http://passslot.com |
| PassbookInfo | https://passbookinfo.com/convert-card-to-passbook/ |
iPhone Apps
The following Apps allow you to create Passbook passes.
Software
To generate or validate Passbook passes, there are many tools, libs and classes in various programming languages available.
| Name | Language | License | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| passbook | Ruby | MIT | https://github.com/frozon/passbook |
| Passbook | Ruby | MIT | https://github.com/mattt/passbook_rails_example |
| passbook | Python | MIT | https://github.com/devartis/passbook |
| PHP-Passkit | PHP | N/A | https://github.com/tschoffelen/PHP-Passkit |
| passkit | PHP | N/A | https://github.com/laksgandikota/passkit |
| passkit.php | PHP | MIT | https://github.com/SimonWaldherr/passkit.php |
| PassFactory.js | node.JS | MIT | https://github.com/jetheis/PassFactory.js |
| jpasskit | Java | Apache | https://github.com/bitzeche/jpasskit |
| passbook | PHP | MIT | https://github.com/skyzyx/passbook |
| dotnet-passbook | C# | MIT | https://github.com/tomasmcguinness/dotnet-passbook |
