rbhushan90/pybluez

Bluetooth Python extension module

PyBluez

Python extension module allowing access to system Bluetooth resources.

https://github.com/karulis/pybluez

EXAMPLES:

# simple inquiry example
import bluetooth

nearby_devices = bluetooth.discover_devices(lookup_names=True)
print("found %d devices" % len(nearby_devices))

for addr, name in nearby_devices:
    print("  %s - %s" % (addr, name))

# bluetooth low energy scan
from bluetooth.ble import DiscoveryService

service = DiscoveryService()
devices = service.discover(2)

for address, name in devices.items():
    print("name: {}, address: {}".format(name, address))

GNU/Linux and Windows XP examples:

• examples/simple/inquiry.py - Detecting nearby Bluetooth devices
• examples/simple/sdp-browse.py - Browsing SDP services on a Bluetooth device.
• examples/simple/rfcomm-server.py - establishing an RFCOMM connection.
• examples/simple/rfcomm-client.py - establishing an RFCOMM connection.
• examples/advanced/read-local-bdaddr.py - provides the local Bluetooth device address.

GNU/Linux only examples:

• examples/simple/l2capserver.py
• examples/simple/l2capclient.py
• examples/simple/asynchronous-inquiry.py
• examples/bluezchat
• examples/advanced/inquiry-with-rssi.py
• examples/advanced/l2-unreliable-server.py
• examples/advanced/l2-unreliable-client.py

GNU/Linux experimental BLE support:

• examples/ble/scan.py
• examples/ble/beacon.py
• examples/ble/beacon_scan.py
• examples/ble/read_name.py

CONTACT:

Please use the mailing list at

http://groups.google.com/group/pybluez/

INSTALLATION:

Use pip(there are also binaries for Windows platform on PyPi):

pip install pybluez

For experimental Bluetooth Low Energy support(only for Linux platform - for additional dependencies please take look at: ble-dependencies):

pip install pybluez[ble]

For source installation:

python setup.py install

for Bluetooth Low Energy support:

pip install -e .[ble]

BUILD REQUIREMENTS:

GNU/Linux:

• Python 2.3 or more recent version
• Python distutils (standard in most Python distros, separate package python-dev in Debian)
• BlueZ libraries and header files

Windows:

• Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or Windows Vista/7/8/8.1
• Visual C++ 2010 Express for build for Python 3.3 or newer
• Visual C++ 2008 Express for build for Python 3.2 or older
• In order to build 64-bit debug and release executables, Visual Studio 2008/2010 Standard Edition is required
• Widcomm BTW development kit 5.0 or later (Optional)
• Python 2.3 or more recent version

Mac OS X (Unstable - tested only on OS X 10.10/10.11):

• Python 2.3 or later
• Xcode
• PyObjc 3.1b or later (https://pythonhosted.org/pyobjc/install.html#manual-installation)

LICENSE:

PyBluez is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

PyBluez is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with PyBluez; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA