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USBHID(3) Library Functions Manual USBHID(3)

usbhid, hid_get_report_desc, hid_use_report_desc, hid_dispose_report_desc, hid_get_report_desc_data, hid_start_parse, hid_end_parse, hid_get_item, hid_report_size, hid_locate, hid_usage_page, hid_usage_in_page, hid_parse_usage_page, hid_parse_usage_in_page, hid_start, hid_init, hid_get_data, hid_set_dataUSB HID access routines

#include <usbhid.h>

report_desc_t
hid_get_report_desc(int file);

report_desc_t
hid_use_report_desc(unsigned char *data, unsigned int size);

void
hid_dispose_report_desc(report_desc_t d);

void
hid_get_report_desc_data(report_desc_t d, uint8_t **data, uint32_t *size);

hid_data_t
hid_start_parse(report_desc_t d, int kindset, int id);

void
hid_end_parse(hid_data_t s);

int
hid_get_item(hid_data_t s, hid_item_t *h);

int
hid_report_size(report_desc_t d, hid_kind_t k, int id);

int
hid_locate(report_desc_t d, u_int usage, hid_kind_t k, hid_item_t *h, int id);

const char *
hid_usage_page(int i);

const char *
hid_usage_in_page(u_int u);

int
hid_parse_usage_page(const char *);

int
hid_parse_usage_in_page(const char *);

void
hid_init(char *file);

int
hid_start(char *file);

int32_t
hid_get_data(void *data, hid_item_t *h);

void
hid_set_data(void *data, hid_item_t *h, int32_t data);

The usbhid library provides routines to extract data from USB Human Interface Devices.

USB HIDs send and receive data laid out in a device dependent way. The usbhid library contains routines to extract the which contains the data layout information and then use this information.

The routines can be divided into four parts: extraction of the descriptor, parsing of the descriptor, translating to/from symbolic names, and data manipulation.

A report descriptor can be obtained by calling () with a file descriptor obtained by opening a uhid(4) device. Alternatively a data buffer containing the report descriptor can be passed into (). The data is copied into an internal structure which can be accessed with (). When the report descriptor is no longer needed, it should be freed by calling (). The type report_desc_t is opaque and should be used when calling the parsing functions. hid_get_report_desc() and hid_use_report_desc() return NULL on failure.

To parse the report descriptor, the () function should be called with a report descriptor and a set that describes which items are interesting. The set is obtained by or-ing together values (1 << k) where k is an item of type hid_kind_t. The desired report ID, or -1 to obtain items of all report IDs, is given by id. The function returns NULL if the initialization fails, otherwise an opaque value to be used in subsequent calls. After parsing the () function should be called to free internal data structures.

To iterate through all the items in the report descriptor, () should be called while it returns a value greater than 0. When the report descriptor ends, it will return 0; a syntax error within the report descriptor will cause a return value less than 0. The struct pointed to by h will be filled with the relevant data for the item. The definition of hid_item_t can be found in <usbhid.h> and the meaning of the components in the USB HID documentation.

Data should be read/written to the device in the size of the report. The size of a report (of a certain kind) can be computed by the () function. If the report is prefixed by an ID byte, it is given by id.

To locate a single item the () function can be used. It should be given the usage code of the item and its kind and it will fill the item and return non-zero if the item was found.

The function () will return the symbolic name of a usage page, and the function () will return the symbolic name of the usage within the page. Both these functions may return a pointer to static data.

The functions () and () are the inverses of hid_usage_page() and hid_usage_in_page(). They take a usage string and return the number of the usage, or -1 if it cannot be found.

Before any of these functions can be called the usage table must be parsed, this is done by calling () with the name of the table. Passing NULL to this function will cause it to use the default table. A return value of -1 indicates that an error has occurred, and errno is set.

Given the data obtained from a HID and an item in the report descriptor, the () function extracts the value of the item. Conversely () can be used to put data into a report (which must be zeroed first).

/usr/share/misc/usb_hid_usages The default HID usage table.

The USB specifications can be found at: https://www.usb.org/documents/

uhid(4), usb(4)

The usbhid library first appeared in OpenBSD 3.0.

This man page is woefully incomplete.

March 31, 2022 OpenBSD-7.3