The file irma-vote.js provides a list of functions to enable voting.
It calls a function in irma.js to set up a sessionand it also
makes REST calls to the index.js Node.js script on the server.
When including irma-vote.js, the module variable irmaVote will be available with a number of function properties.
config = await irmaVote.getConfig();Get the contents of the configuration file.
const dbError = await irmaVote.checkDbError();Returns an error object when the database could not be reached. Use this to check the database connection and give feedback to the user.
Send in a vote from the user.
const voteResult = await irmaVote.sendVote(identifier, voteValue);The parameter identifier is the result from the irmaSession call.
voteValue is a string and one of the voting_options from the
configuration file.
Fetch the current poll results.
const result = await irmaVote.fetchPoll();TODO: describe result contents.
Create a new session with the IRMA server.
const identifier = await irmaVote.irmaSession(server, "qr", irmaPopup);This function requires three parameters:
server: config.irma, where config is returned by irmaVote.getConfig()
"qr": the id of the canvas element the QR code can be drawn in to.
irmaPopup: a callback to a function showing the canvas element for the QR code.
The result is the identifier for the session.