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* [About](#about)
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* [Test GUI](#test-gui)
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* [Console Test App](#console-test-app)
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* [What Does the API Look Like?](#what-does-the-api-look-like)
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* [License](#license)
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* [Installing HIDAPI](#installing-hidapi)
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HIDAPI also comes with a Test GUI. The Test GUI is cross-platform and uses
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Fox Toolkit <http://www.fox-toolkit.org>. It will build on every platform
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which HIDAPI supports. Since it relies on a 3rd party library, building it
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is optional but recommended because it is so useful when debugging hardware.
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is optional but it is useful when debugging hardware.
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NOTE: Test GUI based on Fox Toolkit is not actively developed nor supported
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by HIDAPI team. It is kept as a historical artifact. It may even work sometime
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Instructions for installing Fox-Toolkit on each platform is not provided.
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Make sure to use Fox-Toolkit v1.6 if you choose to use it.
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### Console Test App
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If you want to play around with your HID device before starting
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any development with HIDAPI and using a GUI app is not an option for you, you may try [`hidapitester`](https://github.com/todbot/hidapitester).
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This app has a console interface for most of the features supported
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by HIDAPI library.
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## What Does the API Look Like?
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The API provides the most commonly used HID functions including sending

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