A node.js BLE (Bluetooth low energy) central module.
Want to implement a peripheral? Checkout bleno
Note: Mac OS X and Linux are currently the only supported OSes. Other platforms may be developed later on (see Roadmap below).
libbluetooth-devsudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez-utils libbluetooth-dev
See Configure Intel Edison for Bluetooth LE (Smart) Development
npm install noble
var noble = require('noble');
noble.startScanning(); // any service UUID, no duplicates
noble.startScanning([], true); // any service UUID, allow duplicates
var serviceUUIDs = ["<service UUID 1>", ...]; // default: [] => all
var allowDuplicates = <false|true>; // default: false
noble.startScanning(serviceUUIDs, allowDuplicates); // particular UUID's
noble.stopScanning();
peripheral.connect([callback(error)]);
peripheral.disconnect([callback(error)]);
peripheral.updateRssi([callback(error, rssi)]);
peripheral.discoverServices(); // any service UUID
var serviceUUIDs = ["<service UUID 1>", ...];
peripheral.discoverServices(serviceUUIDs[, callback(error, services)]); // particular UUID's
peripheral.discoverAllServicesAndCharacteristics([callback(error, services, characteristics));
var serviceUUIDs = ["<service UUID 1>", ...];
var characteristicUUIDs = ["<characteristic UUID 1>", ...];
peripheral.discoverSomeServicesAndCharacteristics(serviceUUIDs, characteristicUUIDs, [callback(error, services, characteristics));
service.discoverIncludedServices(); // any service UUID
var serviceUUIDs = ["<service UUID 1>", ...];
service.discoverIncludedServices(serviceUUIDs[, callback(error, includedServiceUuids)]); // particular UUID's
service.discoverCharacteristics() // any characteristic UUID
var characteristicUUIDs = ["<characteristic UUID 1>", ...];
service.discoverCharacteristics(characteristicUUIDs[, callback(error, characteristics)]); // particular UUID's
characteristic.read([callback(error, data)]);
characteristic.write(data, notify[, callback(error)]); // data is a buffer, notify is true|false
characteristic.broadcast(broadcast[, callback(error)]); // broadcast is true|false
characteristic.notify(notify[, callback(error)]); // notify is true|false
characteristic.discoverDescriptors([callback(error, descriptors)]);
descriptor.readValue([callback(error, data)]);
descriptor.writeValue(data[, callback(error)]); // data is a buffer
peripheral.readHandle(handle, callback(error, data));
peripheral.writeHandle(handle, data, withoutResponse, callback(error));
state = <"unknown" | "resetting" | "unsupported" | "unauthorized" | "poweredOff" | "poweredOn">
noble.on('stateChange', callback(state));
noble.on('scanStart', callback);
noble.on('scanStop', callback);
peripheral = {
uuid: "<uuid>",
address: "<BT address">, // Bluetooth Address of device, or 'unknown' if not known
advertisement: {
localName: "<name>",
txPowerLevel: <int>,
serviceUuids: ["<service UUID>", ...],
manufacturerData: <Buffer>,
serviceData: [
{
uuid: "<service UUID>"
data: <Buffer>
},
...
]
},
rssi: <rssi>
};
noble.on('discover', callback(peripheral));
peripheral.on('connect', callback);
peripheral.on('disconnect', callback);
peripheral.on('rssiUpdate', callback(rssi));
peripheral.on('servicesDiscover', callback(services));
service.on('includedServicesDiscover', callback(includedServiceUuids));
characteristic = {
uuid: "<uuid>",
// properties: 'broadcast', 'read', 'writeWithoutResponse', 'write', 'notify', 'indicate', 'authenticatedSignedWrites', 'extendedProperties'
properties: [...]
};
service.on('characteristicsDiscover', callback(characteristics));
Emitted when characteristic read has completed, result of characteristic.read(...) or characteristic value has been updated by peripheral via notification or indication.
characteristic.on('data', callback(data, isNotification));
characteristic.on('read', callback(data, isNotification)); // legacy
Emitted when characteristic write has completed, result of characteristic.write(...).
characteristic.on('write', withoutResponse, callback());
Emitted when characteristic broadcast state changes, result of characteristic.broadcast(...).
characteristic.on('broadcast', callback(state));
Emitted when characteristic notification state changes, result of characteristic.notify(...).
characteristic.on('notify', callback(state));
descriptor = {
uuid: '<uuid>'
};
characteristic.on('descriptorsDiscover', callback(descriptors));
descriptor.on('valueRead', data);
descriptor.on('valueWrite');
Run the following command in the directory you ran npm install from:
find -path '*noble*Release/hci-ble' -exec sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip '{}' \;
This grants noble's hci-ble binary cap_net_raw privileges, so it can start/stop scanning for BLE devices.
Note: The above command requires setcap to be installed, it can be installed using the following:
sudo apt-get install libcap2-binsu -c \'yum install libcap2-bin\'hci0 is used by default to override set the NOBLE_HCI_DEVICE_ID environment variable to the interface number.
Example, specify hci1:
sudo NOBLE_HCI_DEVICE_ID=1 node <your file>.js
By default noble waits for both the advertisement data and scan response data for each Bluetooth address. If your device does not use scan response the following enviroment variable can be used to bypass it.
sudo NOBLE_REPORT_ALL_HCI_EVENTS=1 node <your file>.js
Mac OS X:
Linux
Windows
Copyright (C) 2015 Sandeep Mistry sandeep.mistry@gmail.com
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