adafruit-circuitpython-ble-apple-media 0.9.16

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 .venv
source .venv/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")

Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs.

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

Contributing

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