Bug 280733 - www/chromium: web serial api access is disabled
Summary: www/chromium: web serial api access is disabled
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-chromium (Nobody)
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Reported: 2024-08-10 15:25 UTC by graemeg
Modified: 2024-08-10 15:25 UTC (History)
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Description graemeg 2024-08-10 15:25:10 UTC 
I don't know why, but the web serial api is disabled in FreeBSD chromium builds. This means I can't manage serial devices via my web browser (a common thing these days). eg: I have multi programable keyboards, and they use a website and serial communications to maintain the device.

This was raised in the FreeBSD Forum, where I discovered that it wasn't user permission issues, but rather that chromium is not built with Serial API enabled.

https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/manage-usb-devices-via-chromium-serial-api.92255/post-652150

Examples of website with serial web api functionality

1. https://manager.charachorder.com/config/layout/
2. https://www.serialterminal.com