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TypeScript SDK for ZIMRA FDMS fiscalisation — direct device registration, mTLS, receipt signing, fiscal days, offline queue, QR codes

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# zimra-fdms

TypeScript SDK for the ZIMRA Fiscalisation Data Management System (FDMS) —
talk **directly** to FDMS with your own device certificates. No middleware, no
per-receipt rent.

Everything here is verified live against ZIMRA's FDMS test environment:
device registration, mTLS, receipt signing (including the hash chain), QR
generation and signed fiscal-day close all pass ZIMRA's own validation.

## Why this exists

Every Zimbabwean POS/invoicing/accounting product has to integrate FDMS, and
everyone re-solves the same hard parts alone: certificate lifecycle, the
stateful fiscal-day cycle, receipt counters and hash chains, canonical
signing strings, offline queueing, and FDMS's cryptic errors. This SDK does
those parts once, correctly, in the open.

## Install

```sh
npm install zimra-fdms
```

Node 18+. One runtime dependency (`@peculiar/x509`, for CSR generation).

## CLI — fiscalise without writing code

The package ships a `zimra-fdms` command. Fastest way to a first fiscalised
receipt, and enough for ops work (checking device status, recovering a stuck
fiscal day) without touching the SDK:

```sh
npx zimra-fdms register --device-id 12345 --serial MYPOS01 --activation-key AAAABBBB
npx zimra-fdms config                       # taxpayer info + valid taxIds
npx zimra-fdms day open
npx zimra-fdms submit --sample > receipt.json   # edit to match your taxes
npx zimra-fdms submit receipt.json          # prints receipt no + QR data
npx zimra-fdms day close
```

Device identity, certificate and the fiscal-day hash chain live in a profile
directory (default `./.zimra`, override with `--profile <dir>` or
`ZIMRA_PROFILE`). Receipts chain correctly across separate invocations; if
the day-state file is ever lost, `day close` recovers by signing the counters
FDMS itself reports. `status`, `config` and `submit` take `--json` for
scripting. **Keep `.zimra/` out of version control** — it contains the
device private key.

## Quick start

### 1. One-time device registration

Add a device on the FDMS portal (or via ZIMRA onboarding for production) to
get a **device ID**, **serial number** and **activation key**, then:

```ts
import { registerDevice } from "zimra-fdms";

const { keys, certificatePem } = await registerDevice(
  { deviceId: 12345, serialNumber: "MYPOS001", modelName: "Server", modelVersion: "v1" },
  "ACTIVKEY",
  { environment: "test" },
);
// Persist keys.privateKeyPem + certificatePem securely — they are the device identity.
```

### 2. Daily fiscal cycle

```ts
import { FiscalDevice } from "zimra-fdms";

const device = new FiscalDevice(
  { deviceId: 12345, serialNumber: "MYPOS001", modelName: "Server", modelVersion: "v1" },
  { certificatePem, privateKeyPem },
  { environment: "test" },
);

await device.getConfig();       // tax tables, qrUrl, operating mode
await device.openDay();

const sale = await device.submitReceipt({
  currency: "USD",
  invoiceNo: "INV-0001",
  lines: [
    { name: "Consulting", price: 115, quantity: 1, taxId: 513, taxPercent: 0 },
  ],
  payments: [{ moneyType: "Cash", amount: 115 }],
});
console.log(sale.qrData);       // encode this into the printed QR code

await device.closeDay();        // signed counters, computed for you
```

The SDK owns the parts everyone gets wrong: receipt counters and global
numbers, the receipt-to-receipt hash chain, fiscal-day counter accumulation,
canonical signing strings and DER-encoded ECDSA signatures.

Persist `device.getState()` after each receipt and `restoreState()` on
startup — the hash chain must survive restarts.

### 3. Offline sales (72-hour grace window)

```ts
import { OfflineReceiptQueue } from "zimra-fdms";

const queue = new OfflineReceiptQueue(device /*, custom QueueStorage */);
await queue.submitOrEnqueue(receiptInput); // queues on network failure
await queue.flush();                       // FIFO retry when back online
```

### 4. Certificate renewal

```ts
const { keys, certificatePem } = await device.renewCertificate();
// persist and reconnect with the new pair before the old cert expires
```

## Hard-won implementation notes

- **Signatures are ASN.1 DER.** FDMS rejects raw IEEE P1363 (r||s) ECDSA
  signatures with `RCPT020` / `BadCertificateSignature`. WebCrypto emits
  P1363; this SDK converts to DER by default.
- **CSR subject CN** must be `ZIMRA-{serial}-{deviceId padded to 10 digits}`,
  ECDSA P-256 preferred.
- **Receipt canonical string**: `deviceID + RECEIPTTYPE + CURRENCY +
  receiptGlobalNo + receiptDate(YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss, local, no TZ) +
  total-in-cents + taxes(sorted by taxID: percent "15.00"/"" if exempt +
  taxAmount-cents + salesAmountWithTax-cents) + previousReceiptHash(base64)`,
  where the first receipt of each fiscal day omits the previous hash.
- **Fiscal-day counters** are sorted by counter-type priority, then currency,
  then taxID — and `BalanceByMoneyType` sorts by the money-type **enum
  order** (Cash, Card, …), not alphabetically. Zero-value counters are
  excluded from both the payload and the signing string.
- The test portal (`fdmsops.zimra.co.zw/fdms-public/`) can force-close a
  stuck fiscal day and reset device activation — invaluable during
  development.

## Testing

```sh
npm test        # regression suite for the signing rules (no network)
npm run test:e2e  # full live cycle against the FDMS test environment
```

The regression tests pin the canonical signing strings, DER conversion, tax
computation, counter accumulation and QR format — the exact things a ZIMRA
spec revision would silently break. Run them before every release.

## Project layout

- `src/registration.ts` — RegisterDevice / GetServerCertificate (bootstrap, no client cert)
- `src/crypto.ts` — ECDSA P-256 key + CSR generation
- `src/device.ts` — `FiscalDevice`: config, status, open/close day, receipts
- `src/signing.ts` — canonical strings, SHA-256 hashes, DER signatures
- `src/qr.ts` — verification QR data
- `src/queue.ts` — offline receipt queue
- `src/http.ts` — mTLS transport (zero-dependency, node:https)
- `src/cli.ts` — the `zimra-fdms` CLI
- `spec/` — ZIMRA's OpenAPI specs, fetched from the official test Swagger

## Test environment

- API: `https://fdmsapitest.zimra.co.zw` (Swagger at `/swagger/index.html`)
- Self-service device portal: `https://fdmsops.zimra.co.zw/fdms-public/add-device`
- Invoice validation: `https://fdmstest.zimra.co.zw`

## Need managed compliance?

This SDK solves the integration. If you want someone to handle ZIMRA
onboarding, approval, ITF263 and ongoing compliance monitoring, talk to
**Goko Consultancy and Training Services**.

## License

MIT

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