Description:

pyalarmdotcomajax 0.5.12

pyalarmdotcomajax
Asynchronous Python Library for Accessing Alarm.com Services
This is an unofficial project that is not affiliated with Alarm.com.
Forked from Daren Lord's pyalarmdotcom.














Installation / Usage
To install use pip:
pip install pyalarmdotcomajax

Or clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/uvjustin/pyalarmdotcomajax.git
python setup.py install

Usage
See examples/basic_sensor_data.py for a basic usage example.
Device Support (Core Functions)
Pyalarmdotcomajax supports core features (monitoring and using actions) of the device types listed below.

As of v0.2, multiples of all devices are supported.
All devices include the attributes: name, id_, state, battery_low, battery_critical, malfunctioning, parent_ids, and a few others.




Device Type
Notable Attributes
Actions
Notes




Garage Door
(none)
open, close



Gate
supports_remote_close
open, close



Image Sensor
images
peek_in



Light
brightness
turn_on (with brightness), turn_off
No support for RGB/W, effects, temperature, etc.


Locks

lock, unlock



Partition
uncleared_issues
arm away, arm stay, arm night, disarm



Sensor
device_subtype
(none)



System
unit_id
(none)



Thermostat
temp_average, temp_at_tstat, step_value, supports_fan_mode, supports_fan_indefinite, supports_fan_circulate_when_off, supported_fan_durations, fan_mode, supports_heat, supports_heat_aux, supports_cool, supports_auto, min_heat_setpoint, min_cool_setpoint, max_heat_setpoint, max_cool_setpoint, heat_setpoint, cool_setpoint, supports_humidity, humidity, supports_schedules, supports_schedules_smart, schedule_mode
set_attribute



Water Sensor

(none)




Known Sensor deviceTypes
This list identifies deviceTypes used in the alarm.com API and is incomplete. Please help by submitting missing values.



deviceType
Description




1
Contact Sensor


2
Motion Sensor


5
Smoke Detector


6
CO Detector


8
Freeze Sensor


9
Panic Button


10
Fixed Panic Button


14
Siren


19
Glass Break Detector


52
Vibration Contact Sensor


68
Panel Image Sensor


69
Mobile Phone (for Bluetooth Disarming)


83
Panel Glass Break Sensor


89
Panel Motion Sensor



Device Support (Configuration)
Pyalarmdotcomajax supports changing configuration options for the devices listed below.
Skybell HD
Doorbell Camera



Configuration Option
Slug
Supported Values
Notes




Indoor Chime
indoor-chime
on, off



Outdoor Chime
outdoor-chime
off, low, medium, high



LED Brightness
led-brightness
0 - 100



LED Color
led-color
#000000 - #FFFFFF
Must include # at start.


Motion Sensor Sensitivity
motion-sensitivity
low, medium, high, very_high




Command Line Interface
The CLI is available by running adc from anywhere in your terminal. Use adc --help, adc get --help, and adc set --help for more information.
usage: adc [-h] [-d] [-ver] [-v] -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD [-n DEVICE_NAME] [-c COOKIE | -o ONE_TIME_PASSWORD] {get,set} ...

basic command line debug interface for alarm.com via pyalarmdotcomajax. shows device states in various formats.

options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d, --debug show pyalarmdotcomajax's debug output.
-ver, --version show program's version number and exit
-v, --verbose show verbose output. -vv returns base64 image data for image sensor images.
-u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
alarm.com username
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
alarm.com password
-n DEVICE_NAME, --device-name DEVICE_NAME
registers a device with this name on alarm.com and requests the two-factor authentication cookie for the device.
-c COOKIE, --cookie COOKIE
two-factor authentication cookie. cannot be used with --one-time-password!
-o ONE_TIME_PASSWORD, --one-time-password ONE_TIME_PASSWORD
provide otp code for accounts that have two-factor authentication enabled. if not provided here, adc will prompt user for otp. cannot be used with --cookie!

actions:
{get,set}
get get data from alarm.com. use 'adc get --help' for parameters.
set set device configuration option. use 'adc set --help' for parameters

get options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-x, --include-unsupported
return basic data for all known unsupported devices. always outputs in verbose format.

set options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i DEVICE_ID, --device-id DEVICE_ID
Numeric Alarm.com device identifier.
-s SETTING_SLUG, --setting-slug SETTING_SLUG
Identifier for setting. Appears in parenthesis after setting name in adc set human readable output.
-k NEW_VALUE, --new-value NEW_VALUE
New value for setting.

Examples

Get human-readable status (and device IDs) for all devices: adc -u "your_username" -p "your_password" get
Get raw JSON output from Alarm.com for all devices: adc -v -u "your_username" -p "your_password" get
Turn off Skybell HD indoor chime (assume Skybell device ID is 283431032-1520): adc -u "your_username" -p "your_password" set -i "283431032-1520" -s "indoor-chime" -k "off"

Development
VS Code Support Structures
This repository includes a full development environment for VS Code:

VS Code dev container. Automatically installs extensions and Python dependencies and registers Git pre-commit scripts.
Configuration files for type checking (mypy), linting (ruff and black), etc.
Pre-commit checks run all of the above when committing to Git and on demand via VS Code tasks.

References

Some API definitions are available in the node-alarm-dot-com repository.

Open Items
Features

Support additional components (lights, irrigation, etc.).
Support more sensor types (see list above in this README).
Add debug_info property to ADCController that returns aggregate of raw JSON from all endpoints. This will allow users to export the entity model of unsupported devices to help maintainers implement support in this library.
Similar to above, proactively populate unsupported_device_types property for ADCBaseElement to show users device id, device name, and device type for available but unsupported devices.
More granular exception handling when logging in. Should report discrete error types for authentication failures due to wrong credentials, connection issues, or other.

MIT License
Copyright (c) 2020 Justin Wong
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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