cython-hidapi

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Description

A Cython interface to HIDAPI library.

This has been tested with:

It works on Linux, Windows and macOS.

cython-hidapi may be used by one of three licenses as outlined in LICENSE.txt

$ sudo apt-get install python-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev
$ sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools
$ sudo pip install hidapi

For other download options visit the PyPi page.

Download cython-hidapi archive:

$ git clone https://github.com/trezor/cython-hidapi.git
$ cd cython-hidapi

Initialize hidapi submodule:
```
$ git submodule update --init
```
Build cython-hidapi extension module:
```
$ python setup.py build
```
To use hidraw API instead of libusb add --without-libusb option:
```
$ python setup.py build --without-libusb
```
Install cython-hidapi module into your Python distribution:
```
$ sudo python setup.py install
```
Test install:
```
$ python
>>> import hid
>>>
```
Try example script:
```
$ python try.py
```

For correct functionality under Linux, you need to create a rule file similar to this one in your udev rules directory.

Also you might need to call udevadm control --reload-rules to reload the rules.