title: Calling a local API from a browser based Silverlight 5 application
body: <p>I am looking for guidance on ways to implement a Silverlight 5 browser based application that will be able to call a 3rd party API that will read data off a smart card (through card reader API).</p>
  
  <p>So you go to website, hit Silverlight app page and then once it is loaded on your local PC it will be able to access that API and read the data.</p>
  
  <p>I have seen some notes about using COM but not sure if that will work, if it is the right way to go, etc.</p>
  
  <p>Also, if I did have to connect through COM is Silverlight able to install that COM component or would that have to be a separate install?  Trying to avoid having software on the local PC that we have to handle remote release/updates on.</p>
  
  <p>thanks,
  Dano</p>