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Secure Inputs SDK for PINs

Overview

Highnote's secure inputs SDK allows customers to securely set and update their PIN from your UI using iframes. This prevents PCI-scoped data from flowing through your servers or being accessible to scripts running on your page.

This guide provides an overview of requirements, installation steps, and usage guidelines for the secure inputs SDK.

Prerequisites

  1. A Highnote account
  2. A server-side integration using an API key
  3. Payment card ID

Installation

You can install the secure inputs SDK using JavaScript package managers or CDN. For more installation information, see the SDK Installation guide.

Usage

To render secure input fields in your UI, you must configure elements to hold each field. This involves the following steps:

  1. Prepare your HTML.
  2. Fetch a client token.
  3. Initialize secure inputs.

Prepare your HTML

To use the secure inputs SDK, you must provide an element for the PIN field.

The following code sample uses a div element to contain the iframe for the secure input field:

Prepare HTML for PIN entry

Fetch a client token

To obtain a client token from your server for the secure inputs SDK, use the GeneratePaymentCardClientToken mutation.

Refer to the following guidelines when generating a payment card client token:

  • When generating the client token, you must provide the paymentCardId of the payment card that needs the PIN set or updated.
  • The client token is only valid for 10 minutes, but can be used multiple times.
  • Once a token expires, you must generate a new one.

Use the following mutation to generate a payment card client token:

Initialize secure inputs

The secure inputs library works by injecting an iframe into the PIN element to render the appropriate data. You can style the content inside each iframe by passing any combination of styling options.

You can initialize the card viewer by using a renderFields function. This returns a Promise that contains a reference to the secureInputs instance. This is useful for lifecycle management and interactions such as field submission.

The following example shows how to initialize the secure inputs SDK:

Initialize Secure Inputs

Error handling

Note: The secure inputs SDK doesn’t render error messages or update your UI inside iframes when errors occur. You must introspect and handle errors accordingly.

You can pass an onError handler to the renderFields call. This callback will be invoked whenever an error is raised from the integration.

Error types

The following error types are supported for the secure inputs SDK:

ErrorDescription
InvalidCredentialErrorOccurs when the provided client token is invalid or expired. The payload will contain the requestId which can be used for support and debugging.
SecureInputsRequestErrorRepresents errors encountered when communicating with the Highnote API, such as an incorrect payment card ID. The payload will contain the requestId which can be used for support and debugging.
SecureInputsFieldsInputErrorRaised when an invalid configuration is provided at runtime.
SecureInputsErrorA generic catchall error.

Example errors

The following code sample provides examples of secure inputs errors:

Render Fields

Styling options

The following styling options are available for use in elements for your secure inputs fields:

PropertyExamplesDocs
color#55f5a3, rgba(85,245,163,1), #springgreenMDN Docs
cursorpointer, noneMDN Docs
fontFamilysans-serif, serif, monospace System fonts onlyMDN Docs
fontSize12px, 1em, 1.1remMDN Docs
fontWeightbold, normalMDN Docs
letterSpacingnormal, .2remMDN Docs
lineHeightnormal, 150%MDN Docs
userSelectnone, auto, inheritMDN Docs

iframe defaults

Highnote injects card viewer iframes with the following defaults. Your CSS styling can override each of these:

The document and body inside the frame will have transparent backgrounds and default to margin: 0, padding: 0

Custom fonts

The secure inputs SDK only supports system fonts.

Layout

The layout of payment card fields in the card viewer is customizable. Highnote injects iframes into the provided container elements, which will inherit the width of the container.

You can customize the width and height of the container to accommodate your UI as needed.

The following code sample provides an example of custom layout styling:

Styling

Using the live environment

By default, the card viewer library will make requests against the test environment. When you are ready to switch to the live environment, set the environment configuration option using the following function call:

Live Environment

Lifecycle

If you need to unmount payment card fields, use the unmount method on the returned reference. This is useful when you need to “restart” the integration, or navigate to a new view client-side. Using this will ensure the cleanup of any DOM and event handlers.

The following code sample provides an example function to unmount fields:

Unmounting Fields

Content security policy

If your application enforces a content security policy, you must set the frame-src header to allow iframes from the Highnote domain:

Content security policy

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