HID

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The HID interface provides methods for connecting to HID devices, listing attached HID devices and event handlers for connected HID devices.

Properties

This interface also inherits properties of its parent, EventTarget.

Event handlers

HID.onconnect

Fired when an HID device is connected.

HID.ondisconnect

Fired when an HID device is disconnected.

Methods

This interface also inherits methods of its parent, EventTarget.

getDevices()

Returns a Promise that resolves with an array of connected HIDDevice objects.

requestDevice()

Returns a Promise that resolves with an array of connected HIDDevice objects. Calling this function will trigger the user agent's permission flow in order to gain permission to access one selected device from the returned list of devices.

Specifications

Specification
WebHID API
# dom-hid

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
HID
89
89
No
No
75
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
getDevices
89
89
No
No
75
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
onconnect
89
89
No
No
75
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
ondisconnect
89
89
No
No
75
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
requestDevice
89
89
No
No
75
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HID