electron/docs/fiddles/features/web-hid/main.js

const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron/main')

function createWindow () {
  const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    width: 800,
    height: 600
  })

  mainWindow.webContents.session.on('select-hid-device', (event, details, callback) => {
    // Add events to handle devices being added or removed before the callback on
    // `select-hid-device` is called.
    mainWindow.webContents.session.on('hid-device-added', (event, device) => {
      console.log('hid-device-added FIRED WITH', device)
      // Optionally update details.deviceList
    })

    mainWindow.webContents.session.on('hid-device-removed', (event, device) => {
      console.log('hid-device-removed FIRED WITH', device)
      // Optionally update details.deviceList
    })

    event.preventDefault()
    if (details.deviceList && details.deviceList.length > 0) {
      callback(details.deviceList[0].deviceId)
    }
  })

  mainWindow.webContents.session.setPermissionCheckHandler((webContents, permission, requestingOrigin, details) => {
    if (permission === 'hid' && details.securityOrigin === 'file:///') {
      return true
    }
  })

  mainWindow.webContents.session.setDevicePermissionHandler((details) => {
    if (details.deviceType === 'hid' && details.origin === 'file://') {
      return true
    }
  })

  mainWindow.loadFile('index.html')
}

app.whenReady().then(() => {
  createWindow()

  app.on('activate', function () {
    if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow()
  })
})

app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') app.quit()
})