How implement fingerprint scanner in WebApp?

Guilherme IA picture Guilherme IA · Jan 8, 2018 · Viewed 17.9k times · Source

I want use sensor of android to get fingerprint. I have a WebApp and want to get callback of fingerprint. Is possible implement fingerprint scanner in WebApp? Using Javascript or something like that?

Answer

FK- picture FK- · Dec 8, 2018

It is now possible to use fingerprint authentication but also other strong authentication methods on Chrome.

The Web Authentication API is introduced and explained in the article below which also contains a video from the Google I/O'18 session that presents and demos its features.

https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/webauthn

Try the API yourself at https://webauthndemo.appspot.com/