Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything

Posted by alentodorov 2 days ago

Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything(walletwallet.alen.ro)

I got my Apple developer certificate and built a simple app to solve a problem I had. One shop I buy from doesn't have Apple Wallet passes. Since you need signed certificates to build these very simple things, I created a minimal app that signs them. It's available if you need it too. It won't scan cards with AI - you manually enter the barcode, which I think makes it less prone to error.

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emodendroket 2 days ago|

I don’t think I fully understand the use case for this. What would you use the card for?

ms7m 2 days ago||

A personal use case: my local gym that issues only physical barcode cards -- I used a different app (similar in this style) that allowed me keep it on my apple watch / iPhone instead

emodendroket 2 days ago||

I see, so this is specifically you have a physical, eg, loyalty card that has a barcode, and you want to use the Apple Wallet?

alentodorov 2 days ago||

my use case is a loyalty barcode for a major retailer here. they provided a digital version but you had to download their app or take a picture. apple wallet is convenient, u just double tap and the Wallet loads on screen with full brightness to make it easy to scan. i dont have to keep anymore.

but on apple wallet u can't create your own a pass from a simple scan. creatign the ".pkpass" need a signature from a apple developer account.

wlonkly 1 day ago||

I have my library card in Apple Wallet so I don't need to bother with the actual card.

StrLght 2 days ago||

That's very useful, thanks!

One small-ish feature request: could you please add support for EAN-8?

jimkleiber 2 days ago||

Maybe a dumb question: if I'm entering a QR code, which info do i put in?

hopelite 2 days ago|

That will vary. It can technically include any text up to a limit, but most likely it will be a URI, but it could be as simple as and account number. You would want to decode the QR (you can likely do that using your phone camera) and that would be the data to enter.

Ideally this tool would simply use the camera to capture the visual code (bar, QR, etc.) and enter it/replicate it.

alentodorov 2 days ago||

agree. implemented QR code scanning using the great html5-qrdecode package so scanning happens locally.

noja 1 day ago||

How are you signing the pass in my browser?

viiralvx 2 days ago||

This is amazing, thank you! Works with Google Wallet too!

exandr 2 days ago||

Great job! What are you using on the backend?

alentodorov 1 hour ago|

Thanks. Decided on a CF worker to keep costs low.

exandr 34 minutes ago||

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shantanulume 2 days ago||

This is great am I weird for wanting an app?

wateralien 2 days ago||

Source? Can we get a repo please?

alentodorov 1 day ago|

so not only me! 8K passes generated since the show hn post.

mythoughtsexact 1 day ago|

Cool, so 8k stolen passes!

People have zero f'ing reasoning skills, I swear.