Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: beacontools
Version: 0.1.2
Summary: A Python library for working with various types of Bluetooth LE Beacons.
Home-page: https://github.com/citruz/beacontools
Author: Felix Seele
Author-email: fseele@gmail.com
License: MIT
Description: BeaconTools - Universal beacon scanning
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        A Python library for working with various types of Bluetooth LE Beacons.
        
        Currently supported types are:
        
        * `Eddystone Beacons <https://github.com/google/eddystone/>`__
        * `Apple iBeacons <https://developer.apple.com/ibeacon/>`__ (coming soon)
        
        The BeaconTools library has two main components:
        
        * a parser to extract information from raw binary beacon advertisements
        * a scanner which scans for Bluetoth LE advertisements using bluez and can be configured to look only for specific beacons or packet types
        
        Installation
        ------------
        If you only want to use the **parser** install the library using pip and you're good to go:
        
        .. code:: bash
        
            pip install beacontools
            
        If you want to perfom beacon **scanning** there are a few more requirement. First of all you need an OS with bluez (most Linux OS; Windows and macOS are also possible but untested, see the "`Build Requirements <https://github.com/karulis/pybluez>`__" section of pybluez for more information).
        
        .. code:: bash
        
            # install libbluetooth headers and libpcap2
            sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev libcap2-bin
            # grant the python executable permission to access raw socket data
            sudo setcap 'cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip' $(readlink -f $(which python))
            # install beacontools with scanning support
            pip install beacontools[scan]
            
        Usage
        -----
        See the `examples <https://github.com/citruz/beacontools/tree/master/examples>`__ directory for more usage examples.
        
        Parser
        ~~~~~~
        
        .. code:: python
        
            from beacontools import parse_packet
            
            tlm_packet = b"\x02\x01\x06\x03\x03\xaa\xfe\x11\x16\xaa\xfe\x20\x00\x0b\x18\x13\x00\x00\x00" \
                         b"\x14\x67\x00\x00\x2a\xc4\xe4"
            tlm_frame = parse_packet(tlm_packet)
            print("Voltage: %d mV" % tlm_frame.voltage)
            print("Temperature: %d °C" % tlm_frame.temperature)
            print("Advertising count: %d" % tlm_frame.advertising_count)
            print("Seconds since boot: %d" % tlm_frame.seconds_since_boot)
        
        Scanner
        ~~~~~~~
        .. code:: python
        
            from beacontools import BeaconScanner, EddystoneTLMFrame, EddystoneFilter
        
            def callback(bt_addr, packet, additional_info):
                print("<%s> %s %s" % (bt_addr, packet, additional_info))
            # scan for all TLM frames of beacons in the namespace "12345678901234678901"
            scanner = BeaconScanner(callback, 
                device_filter=EddystoneFilter(namespace="12345678901234678901"),
                packet_filter=EddystoneTLMFrame
            )
            scanner.start()
        
        
        Changelog
        ---------
        
        * 0.1.2 - Initial release
        
        
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Keywords: beacons ibeacon eddystone bluetooth low energy ble
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
