BluetoothUUID: getDescriptor() static method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The getDescriptor() static method of the BluetoothUUID interface returns a UUID representing a registered descriptor when passed a name or the 16- or 32-bit UUID alias.

Syntax

js
BluetoothUUID.getDescriptor(name)

Parameters

name

A string containing the name of the descriptor.

Return value

A 128-bit UUID.

Exceptions

TypeError

Thrown if name does not appear in the registry.

Examples

In the following example the UUID representing the descriptor named time_trigger_setting is returned and printed to the console.

js
let result = BluetoothUUID.getDescriptor("time_trigger_setting");
console.log(result); // "0000290e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb"

Specifications

Specification
Web Bluetooth
# dom-bluetoothuuid-getdescriptor

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
getDescriptor() static method
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera – Full support
Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote
footnote See bug 674737
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote
footnote See bug 101034

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Full support
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Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.