adafruit-circuitpython-ble-apple-media 0.9.1

Introduction

Support for the Apple Media Service which provides media playback info and control.

Dependencies

This driver depends on:

• Adafruit CircuitPython

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle.

Installing from PyPI

On supported GNU/Linux systems like the Raspberry Pi, you can install the driver locally from PyPI. To install for current user:

pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-apple-media

To install system-wide (this may be required in some cases):

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-apple-media

To install in a virtual environment in your current project:

mkdir project-name && cd project-name
python3 -m venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-ble-apple-media

Usage Example

import adafruit_ble
from adafruit_ble.advertising.standard import SolicitServicesAdvertisement
from adafruit_ble_apple_media import AppleMediaService

radio = adafruit_ble.BLERadio()
a = SolicitServicesAdvertisement()
a.solicited_services.append(AppleMediaService)
radio.start_advertising(a)

while not radio.connected:
    pass

print("connected")

known_notifications = set()

i = 0
while radio.connected:
    for connection in radio.connections:
        if not connection.paired:
            connection.pair()
            print("paired")

        ams = connection[AppleMediaService]
        print("App:", ams.player_name)
        print("Title:", ams.title)
        print("Album:", ams.album)
        print("Artist:", ams.artist)
        if ams.playing:
            print("Playing")
        elif ams.paused:
            print("Paused")

        if i > 3:
            ams.toggle_play_pause()
            i = 0
    print()
    time.sleep(3)
    i += 1

print("disconnected")

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.

Documentation

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide.