The Web NFC API allows exchanging data over NFC via light-weight NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) messages.
Note: Devices and tags have to be formatted and recorded specifically to support NDEF record format to be used with Web NFC. Low-level operations are currently not supported by the API, however there is a public discussion about API that would add such functionality.
Interfaces
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NDEFMessage
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Interface that represents NDEF messages that can be received from or sent to a compatible tag via a NDEFReader object. A message is composed of metadata and NDEF Records.
NDEFReader Experimental
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Interface that enables reading and writing messages from compatible NFC tags. The messages are represented as NDEFMessage objects.
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NDEFRecord
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Interface that represents NDEF records that can be included in an NDEF message.
Specifications
Browser compatibility
|
Desktop |
Mobile |
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Chrome |
Edge |
Firefox |
Internet Explorer |
Opera |
Safari |
WebView Android |
Chrome Android |
Firefox for Android |
Opera Android |
Safari on IOS |
Samsung Internet |
NDEFReader |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
89 |
89 |
No |
63 |
No |
15.0 |
Web_NFC_API |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
89 |
89 |
No |
63 |
No |
15.0 |
makeReadOnly |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
89 |
89 |
No |
63 |
No |
15.0 |
reading_event |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
89 |
89 |
No |
63 |
No |
15.0 |
readingerror_event |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
89 |
89 |
No |
63 |
No |
15.0 |
scan |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
89 |
89 |
No |
63 |
No |
15.0 |
secure_context_required |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
89 |
89 |
No |
63 |
No |
15.0 |
write |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
89 |
89 |
No |
63 |
No |
15.0 |