USBDevice: controlTransferIn() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The controlTransferIn() method of the USBDevice interface returns a Promise that resolves with a USBInTransferResult when a command or status request has been transmitted to (received by) the USB device.

Syntax

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controlTransferIn(setup, length)

Parameters

setup

An object that sets options for. The available options are:

requestType

Must be one of three values specifying whether the transfer is "standard" (common to all USB devices) "class" (common to an industry-standard class of devices) or "vendor".

recipient

Specifies the target of the transfer on the device, one of "device", "interface", "endpoint", or "other".

request

A vendor-specific command.

value

Vendor-specific request parameters.

index

The interface number of the recipient.

length

The maximum number of bytes to read from the device. The actual data is in the USBInTransferResult in the resolved Promise.

Return value

promise that resolves with a USBInTransferResult.

Specifications

Specification
WebUSB API
# dom-usbdevice-controltransferin

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
controlTransferIn
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 61 (Release date: 2017-09-05)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 48 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 61 (Release date: 2017-09-05)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 45 (Release date: 2018-02-15)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 8 (Release date: 2018-07-18)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.