How to check battery status with javascript ( 2 simple steps )

In this tutorial I am going to show you how easily you can check battery status of system using javascript battery API .

Using the battery API various information about the system battery can be extracted , thus increasing the user experience also , in case user needs urgent charging .

Getting battery Information

The battery API is not working in all browser , so first of all before getting the battery status we need to check that if browser supports the battery API or not .

Checking API working in browser

Now to check the working of API in browser we need to use getBattery method on navigator API , as shown in the example below .

if(navigator.getBattery){
    // if battery API is working
}
else{
    // if battery API is not working
}

Check battery status

If the battery API is working then we can check the battery percentage with getBattery() API , this API returns a promise .

navigator.getBattery()
    .then(function(battery) {

        // Get current battery level .
        var batteryLevel = battery.level * 100;
        console.log(batteryLevel);
    })
    .catch(function(e) {
        console.error(e);
    });

The battery object has the following properties we can use to extract more information about sytem battery .

• battery.level : to check the battery level
• battery.charging : to check if the battery is currently charging or not (true/false)
• battery.chargingTime : to check the time remaining in full charge of battery
• battery.dischargingTime : to check the time remaining in battery dead .

Now to detect changes in all these properties at real time javascript provide us some event listeners , as shown below .

• battery.onlevelchange : to detect change in battery level
• battery.onchargingchange : to detect change in power plug in/out of battery
• battery.onchargingtimechange : to detect change in battery level
• battery.onlevelchange : to detect change in battery level

In the below example as soon as the battery level goes below 15% an alert will popup recommending connecting system to charger .

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