[Python] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'hidapi'

I want to run the following code:

import hidapi

# Find the device
devices = hidapi.DeviceManager().devices()
for device in devices:
if device.vendor_id == 0x2341 and device.product_id == 0x0042:
gamepad = device
break

# Read data from the device
data = gamepad.read(64)
print(data)


I have installed hidapi using pip but it still says it can not find the module

PS C:\Users\felix\OneDrive\Desktop\UE5 Space Ship Project> pip3 install hidapi
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting hidapi
Using cached hidapi-0.14.0.post4-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (3.7 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools>=19.0 in c:\python312\lib\site-packages (from hidapi) (75.6.0)
Using cached hidapi-0.14.0.post4-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl (70 kB)
Installing collected packages: hidapi
Successfully installed hidapi-0.14.0.post4
PS C:\Users\felix\OneDrive\Desktop\UE5 Space Ship Project> python -u "c:\Users\felix\OneDrive\Desktop\UE5 Space Ship Project\HID_test.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Users\felix\OneDrive\Desktop\UE5 Space Ship Project\HID_test.py", line 1, in <module>
import hidapi
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'hidapi'
PS C:\Users\felix\OneDrive\Desktop\UE5 Space Ship Project>


I'm running Python 3.12.6 on Windows 11.

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