advlib-ble

Wireless advertising packet decoding library for Bluetooth Low Energy. advlib-ble can be used standalone or, more commonly, as a processor module of the protocol-agnostic advlib library.

advlib-ble is a lightweight Node.js package that implements the Core Bluetooth Specification and can be extended with libraries to decode service data and manufacturer-specific data outside of this specification.

Library	Decodes
advlib-ble-services	Service Data
advlib-ble-manufacturers	Manufacturer-Specific Data
advlib-ble-gatt	GATT Protocol-Specific Data

Installation

npm install advlib-ble

Hello advlib-ble!

const advlib = require('advlib-ble');

const LIBRARIES = [ require('advlib-ble-services'),
                    require('advlib-ble-manufacturers'),
                    require('advlib-ble-gatt' ];

let packet = 'c21d04acbe55daba16096164766c6962206279207265656c79416374697665';
let processedPacket = advlib.process(packet, LIBRARIES);

console.log(processedPacket);

Which should yield the following console output:

{ rxAdd: "random",
  txAdd: "random",
  type: "ADV_NONCONN_IND",
  length: 29,
  advA: "bada55beac04",
  name: "advlib by reelyActive" }

Options

advlib-ble supports the following options for its process function:

Property	Default	Description
ignoreProtocolOverhead	false	Ignore BLE-specific properties (txAdd, length, type, advA, etc.)
isPayloadOnly	false	Interpret data as the optional PDU payload only (i.e. without header or advertiser address)
indices	[]	URI-lookup indices such as Sniffypedia

For example, to ignore the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol overhead:

let packet = 'c21d04acbe55daba16096164766c6962206279207265656c79416374697665';
let options = { ignoreProtocolOverhead: true };
let processedPacket = advlib.process(packet, [], options);

Which should yield the following console output:

{ name: "advlib by reelyActive" }

If only the payload is available, the example above would be handled as follows:

let payload = '16096164766c6962206279207265656c79416374697665';
let options = { isPayloadOnly: true };
let processedPayload = advlib.process(packet, [], options);

Which should again yield the following console output:

{ name: "advlib by reelyActive" }

For example, to append implicit URIs using the Sniffypedia index:

let packet = '401490a3a947507b02011a0aff4c0010050a10b4f1e2';
let options = { indices: [ require('sniffypedia') ] };
let processedPacket = advlib.process(packet, [], options);

Which should yield the following console output:

{ uri: "https://sniffypedia.org/Organization/Apple_Inc/" }

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License

MIT License

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