connectionmaster/pyvizio

Python client for Vizio SmartCast

Description

Simple cli and API implementation for Vizio SmartCast TVs and Speakers (Sound Bars). Mainly created for integration with HASS. Note that some of the interaction commands are not supported by speakers.

Installation

Use pip:

pip3 install pyvizio

or

pip install pyvizio

if pip3 is not found.

Upgrade

Use pip:

pip3 install --upgrade pyvizio

or

pip install --upgrade pyvizio

if pip3 is not found.

CLI Usage

To avoid repeating IP (--ip), Auth (--auth), and Device Type (--device_type) params in each CLI call, you can add them to environment variables as VIZIO_IP, VIZIO_AUTH, and VIZIO_DEVICE_TYPE respectively

--device-type options are tv and speaker. If the parameter is not included, the device type is assumed to be tv. Note that TVs always require a pairing process to get an auth token. Speakers may not always need an auth token but YMMV based on your particular model.

Find your device

First, find your device (yeah, I'm too lazy to add another cli group)

pyvizio --ip=0 discover

and note its IP address and port number. If you have trouble finding a device you were expecting to, you can try increasing the discovery timeout period by adding the --timeout option.

Pairing

Using your device's IP address and port number, request pairing procedure:

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} pair

After running the above command:

• For TVs, lookup the PIN code on your TV and note challenge token and type in console
• For speakers, press the physical "Volume Up" and note challenge token and type in console

It's better to have your device turned on as it's "forgetting" the PIN sometimes if it was turned off prior to pairing command.

Using these data points, finalize pairing procedure: (a pin is not necessary for speakers as they appear to always use 0000)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} pair-finish --ch_type={challenge_type} --token={challenge_token} --pin={pin}

If everything done correctly, you should see new connected device named Python Vizio in Vizio SmartCast mobile APP

For a TV, you'll need auth code for any further commands. If you are interacting with a Speaker, and skipped the pairing process, you don't need to include the --auth parameter in any of the following calls since you don't have an auth code.

Turning on/off

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} power {on|off|toggle}

To get current power state simply call

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-power-state

Volume operations

You could change volume

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} volume {up|down} amount

and get current level (0-100)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-volume-level

In addition mute command is available

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} mute {on|off|toggle}

Switching channels (TVs only)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} channel {up|down|prev} amount

Input sources

You can get current source (if the value is SMARTCAST, then an app is currently runniing)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-current-input

List all connected devices

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-inputs-list

And using Name column from this list, you can switch input:

pyvizio --ip={ip:port}  --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} input {input_name}

Other options is to circle through all inputs

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} next-input

Managing audio settings

You may have to experiment to find the available options for a given setting. For example, numeric settings have a finite range. I've also found that certain ranges returned by the API aren't correct

List available audio setting names and their current values

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-all-audio-settings

Get the current value of a given audio setting

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-audio-setting {setting_name}

List available audio setting names and their available choices/ranges

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-all-audio-settings-options

Get the choices/range of a given audio setting

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-audio-setting-options {setting_name}

Set a new value for a given audio setting

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} audio-setting {setting_name} {new_value}

Managing any setting type

List all available setting types

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-setting-types-list

List available setting names and their current values for a given setting type

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-all-settings {setting_type}

Get the current value of a given setting (must specify setting type)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-setting {setting_type} {setting_name}

List available setting names and their available choices/ranges for a given setting type

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-all-settings-options {setting_type}

Get the choices/range of a given setting (must specify setting type)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-setting-options {setting_type} {setting_name}

Set a new value for a given setting (must specify setting type)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} setting {setting_type} {setting_name} {new_value}

Apps (TVs with app support only)

Get a list of available apps by name (this will attempt to get the latest list of apps which is stored exterenally, but will fall back to a static list found in the Vizio SmartCast Android source code. If you would like to add apps to the static list and can retrieve the latest source code, you can use pyvizio.util.gen_apps_list_from_src("path/to/root/of/source") to retrieve the latest list. The list is stored in APPS in pyvizio/_api/apps.py and you are welcome to submit a PR with updates)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-apps-list

Get currently running app (if value is _NO_APP_RUNNING then no app is currently running, and if the value is _UNKNOWN_APP then the app name couldn't be determined from the current APPS list)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-current-app

Launch an app (app names must match the names listed in the get-apps-list command but are not case sensitive. Be sure to use quotes if the app name has a space)

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} launch-app "{app_name}"

If an app isn't found by name, but you know the config required to launch it, you can specify the config

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} launch-app-config {APP_ID} {NAME_SPACE} {MESSAGE}

One way to get the config of an app that is not already stored in the APPS list is to launch the app on your device and then run

pyvizio --ip={ip:port} --device_type={device_type} --auth={auth_code} get-current-app-config

Contribution

Thanks for great research uploaded here and absolutely awesome SSDP discovery snippet