CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

4.14.2 - 2023-02-06 - Deprecated 🛑

• Library is now deprecated. For help migrating, refer to the documentation for usb

4.14.1 - 2022-03-10

• Attempt to get more build more prebuild binaries. Still missing a lot!
  • Prebuild binaries from new Node.js v16 LTS but this didn't help, https://github.com/MadLittleMods/node-usb-detection/commit/c246d9fa85adeda8846317fefb6c1e9a7c63995e
  • The problem stems from a fix to skip Node.js v17.0.0 which fails to build, #165 (comment)

4.14.0 - 2022-03-10

• Fill in device.deviceAddress(as devnum) and device.locationId(as busnum) on Linux which were previously always hard-coded as 0
  • Thanks to @efuturetoday for the contribution
• Fix segmentation fault (segfault) crash after stopMonitoring on Linux
  • Thanks to @umbernhard, @antelle and @Julusian for the contribution

Developer facing:

• Fix GitHub Actions CI failing on Windows runners (windows-2022) (prebuild failing to build binaries), #165
• Explain why test can fail when not enough devices from different vendors, #166

4.13.0 - 2021-10-14

• Skipping linting/testing when publishing to npm via CI

4.12.0 - 2021-10-14

• Add specific instructions for rebuilding for Electron, #133
• Replace TravisCI and AppVeyor with GitHub Actions
  • Thanks to @mcous for the contribution
  • Bumped Node.js in CI to 12, 14, and 16
  • Bumped recommended Node.js version to 14
  • Dropped Linux x86 from CI, since Node.js stopped officially publishing Linux x86 builds after v8
• Update and simplify development section in README as follows,
  • Thanks to @mcous for the contribution
  • Remove Python 2 requirement, because node-gyp now only supports Python 3 and Python 2 has been EOL'd
  • Remove some outdated links and instructions in favor of linking to node-gyp documentation

4.11.0 - 2021-03-04

• Use SPDX identifier for MIT in package.json license field
  • Thanks to @mcous for the contribution
• Add install for Electron instructions to readme
  • Thanks to @mcous for the contribution
• Add prebuilds for latest node and Electron versions
  • Thanks to @NoahAndrews for the contribution

4.10.0 - 2020-07-21

• Update node-gyp@6.1.0, #109
• Update prebuild-install@5.3.5 and node-abi@2.18.0 to support Electron 9
  • Thanks to @NoahAndrews for the contribution

4.9.0 - 2020-04-23

• Update dependencies (npm audit fix), #108
• Remove fprintf logging from macOS and add conditional --debug flag when building if you want logs
  • Thanks to @DomiR for the contribution

4.8.0 - 2020-04-23

• Update prebuild dependencies to latest
  • Thanks to @mcous for the contribution

4.7.0 - 2019-11-24

• Fix deprecation warnings for Nan::Callback:Call()
  • Thanks to @kryops for the contribution
• Update TypeScript definitions
  • Thanks to @RicoBrase for the contribution

4.6.0 - 2019-11-24

• Add support for Node.js v13
  • Thanks to @kryops for the contribution

4.5.0 - 2019-10-06

• Unbind ATL lib on Windows (atlstr.h)
  • Thanks to @sarakusha for the contribution

4.4.0 - 2019-10-06

• Fix deviceName garbled in Windows
  • Thanks to @nononoone for the contribution

4.3.0 - 2019-05-27

• Add support for Node.js v12
  • Thanks to @kryops for the contribution

4.2.0 - 2019-05-09

• Add note about usbDetect.find() requiring usbDetect.startMonitoring() for proper results after insert/remove
  • Thanks to @mikew for the contribution
• Fix usbDetect.find(...) promise syntax/callback not working
  • Thanks to @erikkallen for the contribution

4.1.0 - 2018-11-24

• Add Windows backslash normalization for instance id's to fix certain USB devices not being detected
  • Thanks to @LanetheGreat for the contribution

v4.0.0 - 2018-09-27

• Use native Promises, #69
  • Now requires Node.js >=4
• Update dependencies based on npm security audit, #70

v3.2.0 - 2018-07-23

• Add TypeScript declarations/definitions
  • Thanks to @thegecko for the contribution

v3.1.0 - 2018-06-04

• Add serial number support to Windows
  • Thanks to @doganmurat for the contribution

v3.0.0 - 2018-05-13

• Show multiple/duplicate USB devices on Windows
  • Thanks to @doganmurat for the contribution
• Update all dependencies

v2.1.0 - 2018-02-06

• Add npm install hook that will use our prebuilt binaries instead of having to compile from source with node-gyp.
• Remove side-effects when you require('usb-detection') so the process won't hang from just requiring.
• Fix 100% CPU usage on Linux, #2
  • Thanks to @sarakusha for the contribution
• Ensure the process will exit gracefully across all platforms, #35

v2.0.1 - 2017-12-27

• Remove npm install hook to prevent hanging the install process caused by prebuild-install verify require and our side-effects.
  • Thanks to @Lange for noticing an issue.

v2.0.0 - 2017-12-19

• Remove side-effects when you require('usb-detection') so the process won't hang from just requiring. Now requires an explicit call to usbDetect.startMonitoring() to begin listening to USB add/remove/change events.
• Add npm install hook that will use our prebuilt binaries instead of having to compile from source with node-gyp.

v1.4.2 - 2017-11-11

• Remove npm install hook to prevent hanging the install process caused by prebuild-install verify require and our side-effects.
  • Thanks to @Lange for figuring out the root cause.

v1.4.1 - 2017-11-11

• Add check for null before notifying of addition/removal
  • Thanks to @reidmweber for this contribution via #37
• Create prebuilt binaries on tagged releases
  • Thanks to @jayalfredprufrock for the PoC and @Lange for the contribution

v1.4.0 - 2016-03-20

• Add compatibility for node@0.10.x by using more nan types and methods.
  • Thanks to @apla for this contribution!

v1.3.0 - 2015-10-11

• Add compatibility for Node 4
  • Upgrade nan dependency nan@2.x. Thank you @lorenc-tomasz

v1.2.0 - 2015-06-12

• New maintainer/owner @MadLittleMods. Previously maintained by @adrai 👍
• Add tests npm test
• find now also returns a promise
• Format js and c++
  • Added eslint file, linter code style guidelines
• Alias insert as the add event name for .on
• Update readme
  • Fix usage section .on callbacks which do not actually have a err parameter passed to the callback
  • Add API section to document clearly all of the methods and events emitted
  • Add test instructions

v1.1.0

• Add support for Node v0.12.x

v1.0.3

• Revert "ready for node >= 0.11.4"

v1.0.2

• Fix issues found via cppcheck

v1.0.1

• Ready for node >= 0.11.4

v1.0.0

• First release