Connecting to uncommon HID devices

Publisher

Google Chrome Developers

URL

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities/hid

Published

2020-09-15

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-10-02

HTTP status

200

License

CC BY 4.0 text; Apache 2.0 code samples; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• Chrome blocks WebHID access to security-sensitive devices such as FIDO tokens and to protected usages such as generic keyboards and mice. in context
• The WebHID API is available in Chrome 89 and Edge 89 and later. in context
• Chrome's chrome://device-log page shows HID and USB device events and can be used to debug WebHID device access. in context
• A site can revoke its own access to a WebHID device by calling device.forget(), available from Chrome 100. in context
• Firefox and Safari do not support the WebHID API, according to the Chrome developer documentation. in context
• WebHID is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS). in context
• Under WebHID, a site gains access to a HID device only after the user actively selects that device in a browser chooser opened by navigator.hid.requestDevice(); previously granted devices are returned by navigator.hid.getDevices(). in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2020, September 15). Connecting to uncommon HID devices. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/chrome-dev-webhid-api

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-chrome-dev-webhid-api,
  title  = {Connecting to uncommon HID devices},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2020},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/chrome-dev-webhid-api},
  note   = {Google Chrome Developers, accessed 2026-10-02}
}