# List of SCardGetAttrib() commands supported by the CCID driver

PC/SC provides the `SCardGetAttrib()` function to request some attributes from
the driver.


## PC/SC function prototype

See also [SCardGetAttrib()](https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/api/group__API.html#gaacfec51917255b7a25b94c5104961602) in the pcsclite API documentation.

```C
LONG SCardGetAttrib(SCARDHANDLE hCard,
    DWORD dwAttrId,
    LPBYTE pbAttr,
    LPDWORD pcbAttrLen);
```

Parameters:

* `hCard`       IN      Connection made from `SCardConnect()`
* `dwAttrId`    IN      Identifier for the attribute to get
* `pbAttr`      OUT     Pointer to a buffer that receives the attribute
* `pcbAttrLen`  IN/OUT  Length of the `pbAttr` buffer in bytes

If the attribute is not supported the applications receive the error
`SCARD_E_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE`.


## supported attributes

* `SCARD_ATTR_ATR_STRING`

    ATR of the card

* `SCARD_ATTR_ICC_INTERFACE_STATUS`

    Single byte:
    * Zero if smart card electrical contact is not active
    * nonzero if contact is active.

* `SCARD_ATTR_ICC_PRESENCE`

    Single byte indicating smart card presence:
    * 0 = not present
    * 1 = card present but not swallowed (applies only if reader supports
      smart card swallowing)
    * 2 = card present (and swallowed if reader supports smart card
      swallowing)
    * 4 = card confiscated.

* `SCARD_ATTR_VENDOR_IFD_VERSION`

    Vendor-supplied interface device version

    DWORD in the form 0xMMmmbbbb where
    * MM = major version,
    * mm = minor version,
    * and bbbb = build number
    It is the bcdDevice USB field.

* `SCARD_ATTR_VENDOR_NAME`

   name of the IFD (reader) vendor. It is the iManufacturer USB field
   (if any).

* `SCARD_ATTR_MAXINPUT`

   maximum size of an APDU supported by the reader.

   format is unsigned 32-bit using the byte order of the platform.
   Correct readers should support up to 261 bytes (CLA + INS + P1 + P2 +
   Lc + 255 bytes of data) but some readers support less (253 bytes only
   for example). It is a problem for T=1 cards when the reader works in
   APDU mode instead of TPDU and for T=0 cards.

* `SCARD_ATTR_VENDOR_IFD_SERIAL_NO`

    reader serial number (if available).

* `SCARD_ATTR_CHANNEL_ID`

    DWORD in the form 0xDDDDCCCC with:
    * DDDD equal to 0x0020 for USB devices
    * CCCC equal to bus number in the high byte and device address in the
      low byte

## Sample code

```C
#include <reader.h>

{
    [...]

    unsigned char pbAtr[MAX_ATR_SIZE];
    DWORD dwAtrLen;

    /* use a NULL buffer to just get the needed length */
    rv = SCardGetAttrib(hCard, SCARD_ATTR_ATR_STRING, NULL, &dwAtrLen);
    if (rv == SCARD_S_SUCCESS)
        printf("ATR length: %ld\n", dwAtrLen);

    dwAtrLen = sizeof(pbAtr);
    rv = SCardGetAttrib(hCard, SCARD_ATTR_ATR_STRING, pbAtr, &dwAtrLen);
    if (rv == SCARD_S_SUCCESS)
    {
        for (i = 0; i < dwAtrLen; i++)
            printf("%02X ", pbAtr[i]);
        printf("\n");
    }
}
```