requestDevice filters to exclude devices.
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scheib commented
Application developers may wish to filter OUT devices they know are not the correct ones. "I have an array with the names of some devices I don't want to get when I do navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice" - requested on Stack Overflow.
It would be reasonable to see filters that can exclude, such as by adding an excludeFilters
the request call:
navigator.bluetooth.requestDevice({
filters: [{services: [A, B]}],
excludeFilters: [
{namePrefix: "Unwanted"},
{name: "Unique Name"},
{name: "Unique Name2"},
]
})
Which, given many devices discovered:
Device | Device Name | Device Services |
---|---|---|
D1 | <none> | A |
D2 | <none> | A, B |
D3 | "Unwanted thing" | A, B |
D4 | "Unique Name2" | A, B |
D5 | "Unique Name3" | A, B |
Would present only D2
and D5
to the user in the chooser to select.
beaufortfrancois commented
I've started #600 to address this issue.