BluetoothGattCharacteristic (Firefox OS)

The BluetoothGattCharacteristic interface of the Web Bluetooth API represents a GATT service characteristic, which includes characteristic definition, value, properties and configuration info, and a list of descriptors that provide related information.

Interface overview

[CheckPermissions="bluetooth"]
interface BluetoothGattCharacteristic
{ 
  readonly attribute BluetoothGattService service;
  [Cached, Pure] readonly attribute sequence<BluetoothGattDescriptor> descriptors;

  readonly attribute DOMString uuid;
  readonly attribute unsigned short instanceId;
  readonly attribute ArrayBuffer? value;
  [Cached, Constant] readonly attribute Permissions permissions;
  [Cached, Constant] readonly attribute GattCharacteristicProperties properties;
  [Cached, Pure]              attribute WriteType writeType;

  [NewObject] Promise<ArrayBuffer> readValue();
  [NewObject] Promise<void> writeValue(ArrayBuffer value);
  [NewObject] Promise<void> startNotifications();
  [NewObject] Promise<void> stopNotifications();
  [NewObject] Promise<BluetoothGattDescriptor> addDescriptor(DOMString uuid, Permissions permissions, ArrayBuffer value);
};

Properties

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.service Read only

Returns the BluetoothGattService that this characteristic belongs to.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.descriptors Read only

Returns a cached array containing the BluetoothGattDescriptor objects that describe this characteristic.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.uuid Read only

Returns a DOMString representing the UUID of this characteristic.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.instanceId Read only

Returns a number representing the instance id of this characteristic.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.value Read only

Returns The cached value of this characteristic. This value can be updated via the BluetoothGattCharacteristic.readValue() method, characteristic notification, or indication from the remote device.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.permissions Read only

Returns a bit mask that describes the operations permitted on this characteristic.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.properties Read only

Returns a bit mask that describes how to use the characteristic value.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.writeType Read only

Returns the type of write operation particular to this characteristic.

Methods

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.readValue()

Reads the characteristic value from the remote device. The cached value property will also be updated after retrieving the value.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.writeValue()

Writes the characteristic value to the GATT server. If the local device is the GATT client, the value will be written to the remote GATT server. On the other hand, if the local device is the GATT server, the value will be written to BluetoothGattCharacteristic.value.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.startNotifications()

Registers notifications/indications for this characteristic.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.stopNotifications()

Unregisters notifications/indications for this characteristic.

BluetoothGattCharacteristic.addDescriptor()

Adds a descriptor to this characteristic.

Specifications

Browser Compatibility

See also

Using the Web Bluetooth API