So, I’m a web developer working with ASP.NET, and I’ve recently been given a project involving a training platform. The details of the platform are irrelevant; the issue is that the stakeholders decided they want the authentication for this system to be done via biometrics. I’ve never worked on projects that require a web page to interact with a user’s USB device, and I’m not even sure if this is possible for security reasons. My general questions are:

• Is it possible for a web page to interact directly with a biometric USB device, or will an API be necessary?

• In the case of a generic reader without documentation, SDK, or API, how would I interact with it, even locally, with a desktop app?

i have not tried anything yet, i am looking for a good place to start