lluft / battery.js

A tiny wrapper for the HTML5 Battery Status API.

Battery.js

A tiny JavaScript wrapper for the HTML5 Battery Status API.

As of October 2015 the Battery Status API is supported by Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Android Browser and Chrome for Android: http://caniuse.com/battery-status

Install

$ npm install battery.js

Usage

var Battery = require('battery.js'); // or similar

function logBatteryStatus(status) {
  console.log('Level: ' + Math.floor(status.level * 100) + '%'); // 30%
  console.log('Charging: ' + status.charging);                   // true
  console.log('Time until charged: ' + status.chargingTime);     // 3600 (seconds) or Infinity
  console.log('Battery time left: ' + status.dischargingTime);   // 3600 (seconds) or Infinity
}

// Get battery status as soon as it's available
Battery.getStatus(function(status, error) {
  if(error) {
    console.error('Battery status is not supported');
    return;
  }

  logBatteryStatus(status);
});

// Register a handler to get notified when battery status changes
Battery.onUpdate(logBatteryStatus);

Demo

pstadler.sh/battery.js