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HID: getDevices() method

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Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The getDevices() method of the HID interface gets a list of the connected HID devices that the user has previously been granted access to in response to a requestDevice() call.

Syntax

js

getDevices()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that resolves with a list of HIDDevice objects.

Examples

The following example gets a list of devices and logs the device names to the console.

js

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", async () => {
  let devices = await navigator.hid.getDevices();
  devices.forEach((device) => {
    console.log(`HID: ${device.productName}`);
  });
});

Specifications

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
getDevices 89 89 No No 75 No No No No No No No

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