Bose Soundtouch Python library

This Python 2.7+/3.4+ library allows you to control Bose Soundtouch devices.

This library has been created in order to create a component for the Home Assistant project but is totally independent.

How to use it ?

pip install libsoundtouch

from libsoundtouch import soundtouch_device
from libsoundtouch.utils import Source

device = soundtouch_device('192.168.1.1')
device.power_on()

# Config object
print(device.config.name)

# Status object
# device.status() will do an HTTP request. Try to cache this value if needed.
status = device.status()
print(status.source)
print(status.artist+ " - "+ status.track)
device.pause()
device.next_track()
device.play()

# Media Playback
# device.play_media(source, location, account) #account is optional
device.play_media(Source.INTERNET_RADIO, '4712') # Studio Brussel
spot_user_id = '' # Should be filled in with your Spotify userID
# This userID can be found by playing Spotify on the connected SoundTouch speaker, and calling
# device.status().content_item.source_account
device.play_media(Source.SPOTIFY, 'spotify:track:5J59VOgvclrhLDYUoH5OaW', spot_user_id) # Bazart - Goud

# Volume object
# device.volume() will do an HTTP request. Try to cache this value if needed.
volume = device.volume()
print(volume.actual)
print(volume.muted)
device.set_volume(30) # 0..100

# Presets object
# device.presets() will do an HTTP request. Try to cache this value if needed.
presets = device.presets()
print(presets[0].name)
print(presets[0].source)
# Play preset 0
device.select_preset(presets[0])

# ZoneStatus object
# device.zone_status() will do an HTTP request. Try to cache this value if needed.
zone_status = device.zone_status()
print(zone_status.master_id)
print(len(zone_status.slaves))

Supported features

Basics commands

power on/power off
play/pause
next/previous track
volume setting (mute/set volume/volume up/volume down)
repeat one/all/off
shuffle on/off
select preset (bookmark)
playback selected music

Multi-room

Soundtouch devices supports multi-room features called zones.

from libsoundtouch import soundtouch_device

master = soundtouch_device('192.168.18.1')
slave1 = soundtouch_device('192.168.18.2')
slave2 = soundtouch_device('192.168.18.3')

# Create a new zone
master.create_zone([slave1, slave2])

# Remove a slave
master.remove_zone_slave([slave2])

# Add a slave
master.add_zone_slave([slave2])

Incoming features

The following features are not yet implemented:

Auto discovery: Soundtouch devices supports SSDP and MDNS auto discovery protocols. Tests has been done but not yet implemented
Web sockets: Web sockets are supported in order to register to get devices updates without manual refreshing.

Access to the official API documentation

For an unknown reason, the API documentation is not freely available but you can request to get it: http://developers.bose.com/. You have to sent an email and you'll received a response in a minute with 2 PDF:

SoundTouchAPI_Discovery.pdf: How to use SSDP and MDNS discovery protocols
SoundTouchAPI_WebServices.pdf: REST API documentation. Be carefull, the documenation contains errors and is not fully up to date

Changelog

Version	Date	Features
0.2.0	2017/02/05	Add play_media support
0.1.0	2016/11/20	Initial release

Contributors

Thanks to:

Tyzer34 (add play_media support)

Tyzer34 / libsoundtouch