Module pyControl4.account

Authenticates with the Control4 API, retrieves account and registered controller info, and retrieves a bearer token for connecting to a Control4 Director.

Classes

class C4Account (username, password, session: aiohttp.client.ClientSession = None)

Creates a Control4 account object.

Parameters

username - Control4 account username/email.

password - Control4 account password.

session - (Optional) Allows the use of an aiohttp.ClientSession object for all network requests. This session will not be closed by the library. If not provided, the library will open and close its own ClientSessions as needed.

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class C4Account:
    def __init__(
        self,
        username,
        password,
        session: aiohttp.ClientSession = None,
    ):
        """Creates a Control4 account object.

        Parameters:
            `username` - Control4 account username/email.

            `password` - Control4 account password.

            `session` - (Optional) Allows the use of an `aiohttp.ClientSession` object for all network requests. This session will not be closed by the library.
            If not provided, the library will open and close its own `ClientSession`s as needed.
        """
        self.username = username
        self.password = password
        self.session = session

    async def __sendAccountAuthRequest(self):
        """Used internally to retrieve an account bearer token. Returns the entire
        JSON response from the Control4 auth API.
        """
        dataDictionary = {
            "clientInfo": {
                "device": {
                    "deviceName": "pyControl4",
                    "deviceUUID": "0000000000000000",
                    "make": "pyControl4",
                    "model": "pyControl4",
                    "os": "Android",
                    "osVersion": "10",
                },
                "userInfo": {
                    "applicationKey": APPLICATION_KEY,
                    "password": self.password,
                    "userName": self.username,
                },
            }
        }
        if self.session is None:
            async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
                with async_timeout.timeout(10):
                    async with session.post(
                        AUTHENTICATION_ENDPOINT, json=dataDictionary
                    ) as resp:
                        await checkResponseForError(await resp.text())
                        return await resp.text()
        else:
            with async_timeout.timeout(10):
                async with self.session.post(
                    AUTHENTICATION_ENDPOINT, json=dataDictionary
                ) as resp:
                    await checkResponseForError(await resp.text())
                    return await resp.text()

    async def __sendAccountGetRequest(self, uri):
        """Used internally to send GET requests to the Control4 API,
        authenticated with the account bearer token. Returns the entire JSON
        response from the Control4 auth API.

        Parameters:
            `uri` - Full URI to send GET request to.
        """
        try:
            headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(self.account_bearer_token)}
        except AttributeError:
            msg = "The account bearer token is missing - was your username/password correct? "
            _LOGGER.error(msg)
            raise
        if self.session is None:
            async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
                with async_timeout.timeout(10):
                    async with session.get(uri, headers=headers) as resp:
                        await checkResponseForError(await resp.text())
                        return await resp.text()
        else:
            with async_timeout.timeout(10):
                async with self.session.get(uri, headers=headers) as resp:
                    await checkResponseForError(await resp.text())
                    return await resp.text()

    async def __sendControllerAuthRequest(self, controller_common_name):
        """Used internally to retrieve an director bearer token. Returns the
        entire JSON response from the Control4 auth API.

        Parameters:
            `controller_common_name`: Common name of the controller. See `getAccountControllers()` for details.
        """
        try:
            headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(self.account_bearer_token)}
        except AttributeError:
            msg = "The account bearer token is missing - was your username/password correct? "
            _LOGGER.error(msg)
            raise
        dataDictionary = {
            "serviceInfo": {
                "commonName": controller_common_name,
                "services": "director",
            }
        }
        if self.session is None:
            async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
                with async_timeout.timeout(10):
                    async with session.post(
                        CONTROLLER_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT,
                        headers=headers,
                        json=dataDictionary,
                    ) as resp:
                        await checkResponseForError(await resp.text())
                        return await resp.text()
        else:
            with async_timeout.timeout(10):
                async with self.session.post(
                    CONTROLLER_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT,
                    headers=headers,
                    json=dataDictionary,
                ) as resp:
                    await checkResponseForError(await resp.text())
                    return await resp.text()

    async def getAccountBearerToken(self):
        """Gets an account bearer token for making Control4 online API requests."""
        data = await self.__sendAccountAuthRequest()
        jsonDictionary = json.loads(data)
        try:
            self.account_bearer_token = jsonDictionary["authToken"]["token"]
            return self.account_bearer_token
        except KeyError:
            msg = "Did not recieve an account bearer token. Is your username/password correct? "
            _LOGGER.error(msg + data)
            raise

    async def getAccountControllers(self):
        """Returns a dictionary of the information for all controllers registered to an account.

        Returns:
            ```
            {
                "controllerCommonName": "control4_MODEL_MACADDRESS",
                "href": "https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000",
                "name": "Name"
            }
            ```
        """
        data = await self.__sendAccountGetRequest(GET_CONTROLLERS_ENDPOINT)
        jsonDictionary = json.loads(data)
        return jsonDictionary["account"]

    async def getControllerInfo(self, controller_href):
        """Returns a dictionary of the information of a specific controller.

        Parameters:
            `controller_href` - The API `href` of the controller (get this from the output of `getAccountControllers()`)

        Returns:
            ```
            {
                'allowsPatching': True,
                'allowsSupport': False,
                'blockNotifications': False,
                'controllerCommonName': 'control4_MODEL_MACADDRESS',
                'controller': {
                    'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000/controller'
                },
                'created': '2017-08-26T18:33:31Z',
                'dealer': {
                    'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/dealers/12345'
                },
                'enabled': True,
                'hasLoggedIn': True,
                'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000',
                'id': 000000,
                'lastCheckIn': '2020-06-13T21:52:34Z',
                'licenses': {
                    'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000/licenses'
                },
                'modified': '2020-06-13T21:52:34Z',
                'name': 'Name',
                'provisionDate': '2017-08-26T18:35:11Z',
                'storage': {
                    'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/storage/v1/rest/accounts/000000'
                },
                'type': 'Consumer',
                'users': {
                    'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000/users'
                }
            }
            ```
        """
        data = await self.__sendAccountGetRequest(controller_href)
        jsonDictionary = json.loads(data)
        return jsonDictionary

    async def getControllerOSVersion(self, controller_href):
        """Returns the OS version of a controller as a string.

        Parameters:
            `controller_href` - The API `href` of the controller (get this from the output of `getAccountControllers()`)
        """
        data = await self.__sendAccountGetRequest(controller_href + "/controller")
        jsonDictionary = json.loads(data)
        return jsonDictionary["osVersion"]

    async def getDirectorBearerToken(self, controller_common_name):
        """Returns a dictionary with a director bearer token for making Control4 Director API requests, and its time valid in seconds (usually 86400 seconds)

        Parameters:
            `controller_common_name`: Common name of the controller. See `getAccountControllers()` for details.
        """
        data = await self.__sendControllerAuthRequest(controller_common_name)
        jsonDictionary = json.loads(data)
        return {
            "token": jsonDictionary["authToken"]["token"],
            "validSeconds": jsonDictionary["authToken"]["validSeconds"],
        }

Methods

async def getAccountBearerToken(self)

Gets an account bearer token for making Control4 online API requests.

async def getAccountControllers(self)

Returns a dictionary of the information for all controllers registered to an account.

Returns

{
    "controllerCommonName": "control4_MODEL_MACADDRESS",
    "href": "https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000",
    "name": "Name"
}

async def getControllerInfo(self, controller_href)

Returns a dictionary of the information of a specific controller.

Parameters

controller_href - The API href of the controller (get this from the output of getAccountControllers())

Returns

{
    'allowsPatching': True,
    'allowsSupport': False,
    'blockNotifications': False,
    'controllerCommonName': 'control4_MODEL_MACADDRESS',
    'controller': {
        'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000/controller'
    },
    'created': '2017-08-26T18:33:31Z',
    'dealer': {
        'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/dealers/12345'
    },
    'enabled': True,
    'hasLoggedIn': True,
    'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000',
    'id': 000000,
    'lastCheckIn': '2020-06-13T21:52:34Z',
    'licenses': {
        'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000/licenses'
    },
    'modified': '2020-06-13T21:52:34Z',
    'name': 'Name',
    'provisionDate': '2017-08-26T18:35:11Z',
    'storage': {
        'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/storage/v1/rest/accounts/000000'
    },
    'type': 'Consumer',
    'users': {
        'href': 'https://apis.control4.com/account/v3/rest/accounts/000000/users'
    }
}

async def getControllerOSVersion(self, controller_href)

Returns the OS version of a controller as a string.

Parameters

controller_href - The API href of the controller (get this from the output of getAccountControllers())

async def getDirectorBearerToken(self, controller_common_name)

Returns a dictionary with a director bearer token for making Control4 Director API requests, and its time valid in seconds (usually 86400 seconds)

Parameters

controller_common_name: Common name of the controller. See getAccountControllers() for details.