usb-detection-sp v1.4.1
usb-detection
usb-detection
allows you to listen for insert/remove events of USB devices on your system.
Latest Version: v1.3.0
Changelog
Install
npm install usb-detection
This assumes you also have everything on your system necessary to compile ANY native module for Node.js. This may not be the case, though, so please ensure the following requirements are satisfied before filing an issue about "Does not install". For all operating systems, please ensure you have Python 2.x installed AND not 3.0, node-gyp (what we use to compile) requires Python 2.x.
Windows:
Visual Studio 2013 Community or Visual Studio 2010 installed.
If you are having problems building, please read this.
Mac OS X:
Ensure that you have at a minimum, the xCode Command Line Tools installed appropriate for your system configuration. If you recently upgraded your OS, it probably removed your installation of Command Line Tools, please verify before submitting a ticket.
Linux:
You know what you need for you system, basically your appropriate analog of build-essential. Keep rocking!
To compile and install native addons from npm you may also need to install build tools (source):
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
Also install libudev:
sudo apt-get install libudev-dev
Usage
var usbDetect = require('usb-detection');
// Detect add/insert
usbDetect.on('add', function(device) { console.log('add', device); });
usbDetect.on('add:vid', function(device) { console.log('add', device); });
usbDetect.on('add:vid:pid', function(device) { console.log('add', device); });
// Detect remove
usbDetect.on('remove', function(device) { console.log('remove', device); });
usbDetect.on('remove:vid', function(device) { console.log('remove', device); });
usbDetect.on('remove:vid:pid', function(device) { console.log('remove', device); });
// Detect add or remove (change)
usbDetect.on('change', function(device) { console.log('change', device); });
usbDetect.on('change:vid', function(device) { console.log('change', device); });
usbDetect.on('change:vid:pid', function(device) { console.log('change', device); });
// Get a list of USB devices on your system, optionally filtered by `vid` or `pid`
usbDetect.find(function(err, devices) { console.log('find', devices, err); });
usbDetect.find(vid, function(err, devices) { console.log('find', devices, err); });
usbDetect.find(vid, pid, function(err, devices) { console.log('find', devices, err); });
// Promise version of `find`:
usbDetect.find().then(function(devices) { console.log(devices); }).catch(function(err) { console.log(err); });
API
on(eventName, callback)
eventName
-add
: also aliased asinsert
-add:vid
-add:vid:pid
-remove
-remove:vid
-remove:vid:pid
-change
-change:vid
-change:vid:pid
callback
: Function that is called whenever the event occurs - Takes adevice
var usbDetect = require('usb-detection');
usbDetect.on('add', function(device) {
console.log(device);
});
/* Console output:
{
locationId: 0,
vendorId: 5824,
productId: 1155,
deviceName: 'Teensy USB Serial (COM3)',
manufacturer: 'PJRC.COM, LLC.',
serialNumber: '',
deviceAddress: 11
}
*/
find(vid, pid, callback)
Note: All find
calls return a promise even with the node-style callback flavors.
find()
find(vid)
find(vid, pid)
find(callback)
find(vid, callback)
find(vid, pid, callback)
Parameters:
vid
: restrict search to a certain vendor idpid
: restrict search to s certain product idcallback
: Function that is called whenever the event occurs - Takes aerr
anddevices
parameter.
var usbDetect = require('usb-detection');
usbDetect.find(function(err, devices) {
console.log(devices, err);
});
// Equivalent to:
// usbDetect.find().then(function(devices) { console.log(devices); }).catch(function(err) { console.log(err); });
/* Console output:
[
{
locationId: 0,
vendorId: 0,
productId: 0,
deviceName: 'USB Root Hub',
manufacturer: '(Standard USB Host Controller)',
serialNumber: '',
deviceAddress: 2
},
{
locationId: 0,
vendorId: 5824,
productId: 1155,
deviceName: 'Teensy USB Serial (COM3)',
manufacturer: 'PJRC.COM, LLC.',
serialNumber: '',
deviceAddress: 11
}
]
*/
FAQ
The script/process is not quiting
var usbDetect = require('usb-detection');
// Do some detection
// After this call, the process will be able to quit
usbDetect.stopMonitoring();
Testing
We have a suite of Mocha/Chai tests.
The tests require some manual interaction of plugging/unplugging a USB device. Follow the cyan background text instructions.
npm test
8 years ago