DC_USBHID_DEVICE_GET_VID(3)

✨ DC_USBHID_DEVICE_GET_VID(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the DC_USBHID_DEVICE_GET_VID(3) page from the Library Functions Manual 💅 you're literally about to learn how to grab a USB HID device's vendor id and it's gonna be so easy, i promise 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dc_usbhid_device_get_vid — get the vendor id (VID) of the USB HID device. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it iconically 💖

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📚 LIBRARY 📚

library “libdivecomputer” — yes that one, the one you already know and love ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <libdivecomputer/usbhid.h>

unsigned int
dc_usbhid_device_get_vid(dc_usbhid_device_t *device);

look at her. two lines. flawless. no notes 👑

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so what does it actually do? it gets the vendor id (VID) of the USB HID device 🦋 and the reason is literally just for displaying — it's a "show me who made this thing" kinda situation, nothing deeper than that, no cap.

heads up bestie: this one requires a valid usbhid device of type dc_usbhid_device_t — like, a real one. and where do you get one of those? from dc_usbhid_iterator_new(3), duh 💅 go get your device from there first or this whole thing is not gonna vibe check.

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🔥 RETURN VALUES 🔥

returns the vendor id (VID) of the given usbhid device. an unsigned int, served fresh, periodt ⭐

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• dc_usbhid_device_get_vid(3)
• dc_usbhid_iterator_new(3)

(yes, the first one is this very page — she's self-referential, she's main character energy, we love her 🎀)

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the library “libdivecomputer” library was written by Jef Driesen, jef@libdivecomputer.org 💜

this manpage is written by Vincent Hagen, vinnie@script4web.nl ✨

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and that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓💖 this lil drop of wisdom is from the Debian build, dated June 5, 2020, and it's DC_USBHID_DEVICE_GET_VID(3) signing off — mwah, go read your vendor ids responsibly 🧚‍♀️💅