Introduction

openwebif.py is a python module providing a basic python interface to interact with a device running OpenWebIf

openwebif.py is licensed under the MIT license.

Getting started

openwebif.py is compatible with OWIF 0.4 or newer. It may work on older versions, but that has not been tested.

For further info on OpenWebIf and it's API's see: https://github.com/E2OpenPlugins/e2openplugin-OpenWebif

See file:
/plugin/controllers/web.py

Requirements

openwebif.py requires:

• requests>=2.0

Install

pip install openwebif.py

Usage

import openwebif.api

# This will use http by default (not https)
e2_client = openwebif.api.CreateDevice('192.168.2.5')

is_now_in_standby = e2_client.is_box_in_standby()
is_now_in_standby = e2_client.toggle_standby()
xml_response = e2_client.get_about()
json_response = e2_client.get_status_info()

TODO

• https or OpenWebIf authentication is not yet supported.
• Add get_picon function

Developer

openwebif.py is hosted by Github at https://github.com/fbradyirl/openwebif.py.

Code has been tested with the following before commit:

flake8 openwebif
pylint openwebif
coverage run -m unittest discover tests

Copyright (c) 2015 Finbarr Brady.