Convert Byte array to Binary in JavaScript

Question

I have a TypedArray of bytes in JavaScript, and I need to convert this into binary, in order to send to a USB device in a Chrome extension using chrome.usb.controlTransfer.

Simplified Example:

var message = new Uint8Array(3);
message[0] = 1;
message[1] = 2;
message[3] = 3;

var transferInfo = {
    direction: 'out',
    recipient: 'device',
    requestType: 'standard',
    request: 0,
    value: 0,
    index: 0,
    data: message
};

// 'device' is a valid handle to a device found with chrome.usb.findDevices
chrome.usb.controlTransfer(device, transferInfo, function(r) { console.log(r); });

This gives me the error:

Uncaught Error: Invalid value for argument 2. Property 'data': Expected 'binary' but got 'object'.

I'm not sure how to get from Uint8Array to whatever is considered to be 'binary' in JavaScript. It's possible this is something chrome-specific, but I can't find any examples of calling this function in this way either.

I've seen the Mozilla Documentation, but this appears to be specific to sending data via XMLHttpRequest.

Richard · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-07 15:45:30Z

1

It seems I missed the example within the Chrome documentation.

var message = new Uint8Array(3);
message[0] = 1;
message[1] = 2;
message[3] = 3;

var binaryMessage = message.buffer;

answered Oct 7, 2013 at 15:45

Richard

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