The Web Bluetooth API lets websites discover and communicate with devices over the Bluetooth 4 wireless standard using the Generic Attribute Profile (GATT). It is currently partially implemented in Android M, Chrome OS, Mac, and Windows 10.
This sample illustrates the use of the Web Bluetooth API to read all characteristic's descriptors of a service from a nearby Bluetooth Low Energy Device. You may want to try this demo with the BLE Peripheral Simulator App from the Google Play Store and check out the Read Descriptors (Async Await) sample.
Live Output
JavaScript Snippet
functiononButtonClick(){letserviceUuid=document.querySelector('#service').value;if(serviceUuid.startsWith('0x')){serviceUuid=parseInt(serviceUuid);}letcharacteristicUuid=document.querySelector('#characteristic').value;if(characteristicUuid.startsWith('0x')){characteristicUuid=parseInt(characteristicUuid);}log('Requesting any Bluetooth Device...');navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({// filters: [...] <- Prefer filters to save energy & show relevant devices.acceptAllDevices:true,optionalServices:[serviceUuid]}).then(device=>{log('Connecting to GATT Server...');returndevice.gatt.connect();}).then(server=>{log('Getting Service...');returnserver.getPrimaryService(serviceUuid);}).then(service=>{log('Getting Characteristic...');returnservice.getCharacteristic(characteristicUuid);}).then(characteristic=>{log('Getting Descriptors...');returncharacteristic.getDescriptors();}).then(descriptors=>{letqueue=Promise.resolve();descriptors.forEach(descriptor=>{switch(descriptor.uuid){caseBluetoothUUID.getDescriptor('gatt.client_characteristic_configuration'):queue=queue.then(_=>descriptor.readValue()).then(value=>{log('> Client Characteristic Configuration:');letnotificationsBit=value.getUint8(0)&0b01;log(' > Notifications: '+(notificationsBit?'ON':'OFF'));letindicationsBit=value.getUint8(0)&0b10;log(' > Indications: '+(indicationsBit?'ON':'OFF'));});break;caseBluetoothUUID.getDescriptor('gatt.characteristic_user_description'):queue=queue.then(_=>descriptor.readValue()).then(value=>{letdecoder=newTextDecoder('utf-8');log('> Characteristic User Description: '+decoder.decode(value));});break;caseBluetoothUUID.getDescriptor('report_reference'):queue=queue.then(_=>descriptor.readValue()).then(value=>{log('> Report Reference:');log(' > Report ID: '+value.getUint8(0));log(' > Report Type: '+getReportType(value));});break;default:log('> Unknown Descriptor: '+descriptor.uuid);}});returnqueue;}).catch(error=>{log('Argh! '+error);});}/* Utils */constvalueToReportType={1:'Input Report',2:'Output Report',3:'Feature Report'};functiongetReportType(value){letv=value.getUint8(1);returnv+(vinvalueToReportType?' ('+valueToReportType[v]+')':'Unknown');}