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Bose SoundTouch API Python3 Library

Overview

This API provides Python programmers the ability to control Bose SoundTouch speakers from any program written in Python 3.

It utilizes the Bose SoundTouch Webservices API, which is hosted on each SoundTouch device.

More information about Bose SoundTouch speakers can be found on the Bose SoundTouch Family page.

Features

The following features are supported by this API.

  • Media Player controls (play pause, resume, next track, prev track, repeat, shuffle, etc)
  • Media Content (streaming radio, play http or https url, Google TTS)
  • Media Volume control (set / retrieve, tick up / down, mute, smart mute)
  • Select Sources (Aux, Bluetooth, Airplay, Deezer, Spotify, iHeart, SiriusXm, etc)
  • Multi-room Zone functions (create zone, add / remove zone members, syncronized play)
  • Power functions (smart power on / off, power toggle, power to standby)
  • Audio mode switching (Normal, Dialog, etc)
  • Audio Tone Controls for Bass and Treble Levels (set, retrieve, supported min / max values)
  • Audio Product CEC HDMI Control support (set, retrieve, supported values)
  • Presets (store, remove, remove all, select)
  • Recent Media History (list recent content that was played, select recent item for play)
  • Pandora Music Service Support (add / remove stations, get saved stations, search for stations)
  • Favorites and Ratings (add, remove, thumbs up, thumbs down)
  • Snapshot device settings (store, restore)
  • Change Device Name
  • Configuration data (clock time, clock, timezone, capabilities, bass capabilities)
  • Notifications (receive real-time status updates from the device)
  • Wireless configuration options (available networks in range, set last wifi source)
  • Firmware update configuration (query software update status, check configuration)
  • Zeroconf (aka MDNS) discovery of SoundTouch devices on the network
  • ID3 tag support for media content played from a url
  • ... and more

Requirements and Dependencies

The following requirements must be met in order to utilize this API:

  • Bose SoundTouch Speaker(s) that support the SoundTouch Webservices API.
    • SoundTouch 10
    • SoundTouch 300
    • I have only tested with the above (what can I say; Bose products are expensive, and I can only afford the two! :D )
    • Other SoundTouch devices should be compatible.
    • Note that the newer line of Bose Speakers (Home Speaker 500, 700, etc) are NOT supported as they do not utilize the Bose WebServices API.

The following Python-related requirements must be met in order to utilize this API:

  • Python 3.4 or greater (Python 2 not supported).
  • smartinspectPython package (>= 3.0.21) - for diagnostics and logging support.
  • websocket-client package (>= 2.0).
  • urllib3 package (>= 1.2.0).

Documentation

Documentation is located in the package library under the 'docs' folder; use the index.html as your starting point. You can also view the latest docs on the readthedocs web-site.

Installation

This module can be easily installed via pip:

$ python3 -m pip install bosesoundtouchapi

Quick-Start Sample Code

Almost every method is documented with sample code; just click on the "Sample Code" links under the method, and use the "Copy to Clipboard" functionality to copy / paste.

Check out the following classes to get you started:

Licensing

This project is licensed and distributed under the terms of the MIT End-User License Agreement (EULA) license.

Portions of this code and the overall "flow" were taken from contributions made by MatrixEditor. My original intent was to fork his repository and add some changes, but there were just too many and I wanted to change some things that would have broken backward compatibility so I continued with my own repository.

Logging / Tracing Support

The SmartInspectPython package (installed with this package) can be used to easily debug your applications that utilize this API.

The following topics and code samples will get you started on how to enable logging support.
Note that logging support can be turned on and off without changing code or restarting the application.
Click on the topics below to expand the section and reveal more information.

Configure Logging Support Settings File
Add the following lines to a new file (e.g. "smartinspect.cfg") in your application startup / test directory.
Note the file name can be whatever you like, just specify it on the call to SiAuto.Si.LoadConfiguration() when initializing the logger.

; smartinspect.cfg

; SmartInspect Logging Configuration General settings.
; - "Enabled" parameter to turn logging on (True) or off (False).
; - "Level" parameter to control the logging level (Debug|Verbose|Message|Warning|Error).
; - "AppName" parameter to control the application name.
Enabled = False 
Level = Verbose
DefaultLevel = Debug
AppName = My Application Name

; SmartInspect Logging Configuration Output settings.
; - Log to SmartInspect Console Viewer running on the specified network address.
Connections = tcp(host=192.168.1.1,port=4228,timeout=5000,reconnect=true,reconnect.interval=10s,async.enabled=true)
; - Log to a file, keeping 14 days worth of logs.
;Connections = "file(filename=\"./tests/logfiles/logfile.log\", rotate=daily, maxparts=14, append=true)"
; - Log to an encrypted file, keeping 14 days worth of logs.
;Connections = "file(filename=\"./tests/logfiles/logfileEncrypted.sil\", encrypt=true, key=""1234567890123456"", rotate=daily, maxparts=14, append=true)"

; set defaults for new sessions
; note that session defaults do not apply to the SiAuto.Main session, since
; this session was already added before a configuration file can be loaded. 
; session defaults only apply to newly added sessions and do not affect existing sessions.
SessionDefaults.Active = True
SessionDefaults.Level = Message
SessionDefaults.ColorBG = 0xFFFFFF

; configure some individual session properties.
; note that this does not add the session to the sessionmanager; it simply
; sets the property values IF the session name already exists.
Session.Main.Active = True
Session.Main.ColorBG = 0xFFFFFF

Initialize Logging Support, MAIN module
Add the following lines to your program startup module.
This will import the necessary package modules, and initialize logging support.
NOTE - This code should only be executed one time! 

# load SmartInspect settings from a configuration settings file.
from smartinspectpython.siauto import *
siConfigPath:str = "./tests/smartinspect.cfg"
SIAuto.Si.LoadConfiguration(siConfigPath)

# start monitoring the configuration file for changes, and reload it when it changes.
# this will check the file for changes every 60 seconds.
siConfig:SIConfigurationTimer = SIConfigurationTimer(SIAuto.Si, siConfigPath)

# get smartinspect logger reference.
_logsi:SISession = SIAuto.Main

# log system environment and application startup parameters.
_logsi.LogSeparator(SILevel.Fatal)
_logsi.LogAppDomain(SILevel.Verbose)
_logsi.LogSystem(SILevel.Verbose)

Initialize Logging Support, CLASS or sub-modules
Add the following lines to your program supporting modules.
This will import the necessary package modules, and initialize the shared logging session. 

# get smartinspect logger reference.
from smartinspectpython.siauto import *
_logsi:SISession = SIAuto.Main

More Information on SmartInspect
You can use SmartInspectPython by itself to create log files for your own applications.
Use the following PIP command to install the SmartInspectPython package from PyPi.org: 
$ python3 -m pip install smartinspectpython

The SmarrtInspect Redistributable Console Viewer (free) is required to view SmartInspect Log (.sil) formatted log files, as well capture packets via the TcpProtocol or PipeProtocol connections. The Redistributable Console Viewer can be downloaded from the Code-Partners Software Downloads Page. Note that the "Redistributable Console Viewer" is a free product, while the "SmartInspect Full Setup" is the Professional level viewer that adds a few more bells and whistles for a fee. Also note that a Console Viewer is NOT required to view plain text (non .sil) formatted log files.

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement".

  1. Fork the Project
  2. Create your Feature Branch git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature
  3. Commit your Changes git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'
  4. Push to the Branch git push origin feature/AmazingFeature
  5. Open a Pull Request

View Change Log

Change Log

All notable changes to this project are listed here.

Change are listed in reverse chronological order (newest to oldest).

[ 1.0.59 ] - 2024/04/25
  • Removed xmltodict requirement.
  • Added method ContentItem.ToDictionary to return a dictionary representation of the class.
  • Added method MediaItemContainer.ToDictionary to return a dictionary representation of the class.
  • Added method NavigateItem.ToDictionary to return a dictionary representation of the class.
  • Updated NavigateResponse.ToDictionary method to remove the xmltodict requirement.
  • Added method Preset.ToDictionary to return a dictionary representation of the class.
  • Updated PresetList.ToDictionary method to remove the xmltodict requirement.
  • Added method Recent.ToDictionary to return a dictionary representation of the class.
  • Updated RecentList.ToDictionary method to remove the xmltodict requirement.
  • Updated SearchResponse.ToDictionary method to remove the xmltodict requirement.
  • Added method SearchResult.ToDictionary to return a dictionary representation of the class.
  • Updated SearchStationArtists.ToDictionary method to remove the xmltodict requirement.
  • Added method SearchStationResults.ToDictionary to return a dictionary representation of the class.
  • Updated SearchStationSongs.ToDictionary method to remove the xmltodict requirement.
  • Added method SourceItem.ToDictionary to return a dictionary representation of the class.
  • Updated SourceList.ToDictionary method to remove the xmltodict requirement.
[ 1.0.58 ] - 2024/04/15
  • Updated NowPlayingStatus.ContainerArtUrl property to return the correct image url of the playing content: the ArtUrl value is returned if present; otheriwse the ContentItem.ContainerArt url is returned if present; otherwise, None is returned. Prior to this fix, the ContentItem.ContainerArt value was considered first which did not always match the ArtUrl value and thus caused an incorrect image to be displayed for the currently playing artist and track value.
[ 1.0.57 ] - 2024/03/22
  • Added NowPlayingStatus.ContainerArtUrl property to return the ContentItem.ContainerArt url if present; otherwise, the ArtUrl value is returned.
[ 1.0.56 ] - 2024/03/04
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.UpdateNowPlayingStatusForSource to update source-specific NowPlayingStatus object for a given source and sourceAccount value.
  • Updated model NowPlayingStatus to allow creating an instance with specified values.
  • Replaced requests import with urllib3.request import in SoundTouchFirmware class.
[ 1.0.55 ] - 2023/02/17
  • Updated SoundTouchWebSocket.NotifyListeners method to suppress logging of exception details to the system logger for websocket error events.
[ 1.0.54 ] - 2023/02/17
  • Updated SoundTouchWebSocket.StopNotification method to ensure that the underlying event loop thread is shut down when notifications are stopped.
  • Updated SoundTouchWebSocket.StartNotification method to ensure that the underlying event loop thread is a daemon thread, so it does not delay process termination.
[ 1.0.53 ] - 2023/02/14
  • Updated SoundTouchWebSocket.ToString method to correct a bug that was referencing an undefined attribute.
[ 1.0.52 ] - 2023/02/12
  • Updated urllib3 requirements to "urllib3>=1.21.1,<1.27", to ensure urllib3 version 2.0 is not used. Home Assistant requires urllib3 version less than 2.
  • Updated SoundTouchClient.GetRecentList - Added capability to filter the recently played list by source title.
[ 1.0.51 ] - 2023/12/29
  • Updated model NowPlayingStatus.IsShuffleEnabled property, as it was reporting the wrong shuffle setting.
[ 1.0.50 ] - 2023/12/29
  • Added model RepeatSettingTypes - repeat setting types enumeration.
  • Added model ShuffleSettingTypes - shuffle setting types enumeration.
[ 1.0.49 ] - 2023/12/29
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.MediaSeekToTime - Start playing the current media at the specified position in seconds (e.g. seek to time) if the currently playing media supports it.
[ 1.0.48 ] - 2023/12/28
  • Adjusted the maxsize value of the PoolManager constructor. This WILL fix the "Connection pool is full, discarding connection ..." messages for environments with a large number of SoundTouch devices. The attempts prior to this fix were adjusting the wrong parameter (num_pools instead of maxsize).
  • Added SourceTitle property to the NavigateResponse class. This returns a user-friendly source title for the SoundTouchClient.GetMusicServiceStations and GetMusicLibraryItems methods.
[ 1.0.47 ] - 2023/12/28
  • Increased number of connection pools in PoolManager constructor from 30 to 75. This should fix the "Connection pool is full, discarding connection ..." messages for environments with a large number of SoundTouch devices.
[ 1.0.46 ] - 2023/12/28
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.ToggleZoneMember - Toggles the given zone member in the master device's zone. If the member exists in the zone then it is removed; if the member does not exist in the zone, then it is added. A new zone is automatically created if necessary.
[ 1.0.45 ] - 2023/12/26
  • Added resolveSourceTitles:bool argument to SoundTouchClient.GetPresetList and GetRecentList methods, so that a friendly source title can be displayed in user-interfaces.
  • Added Preset.SourceTitle property - contains a friendly source title that can be displayed in user-interfaces.
  • Added Recent.SourceTitle property - contains a friendly source title that can be displayed in user-interfaces.
[ 1.0.44 ] - 2023/12/26
  • Added includeEmptyPresets:bool argument to various PresetList methods - True if the method should return all 6 preset slots, including empty ones; otherwise, False (default) to return only non-empty presets.
[ 1.0.43 ] - 2023/12/22
  • Increased number of connection pools in PoolManager constructor from the default (10) to 30. This should fix the "Connection pool is full, discarding connection ..." messages for environments with a large number of SoundTouch devices.
[ 1.0.42 ] - 2023/12/22
  • Fixed a bug in SourceList.GetTitleBySource model that was incorrectly resolving the 'AUX' title. Also return 'source:sourceAccount' for title if title could not be resolved.
[ 1.0.41 ] - 2023/12/22
  • Fixed a bug in SourceList.GetTitleBySource model that was incorrectly resolving a title by it's source value.
  • Updated SoundTouchWebSocket.NotifyListeners method to log any exceptions that occur in user event handlers.
[ 1.0.40 ] - 2023/12/22
  • Fixed a bug in NowPlayingStatus model that was reporting incorrect values for IsSkipPreviousSupported, IsSeekSupported, and isFavorite properties.
[ 1.0.39 ] - 2023/12/22
  • Added method AudioDspControls.ToSupportedAudioModeTitlesArray - Returns a string array of titles for SupportedAudioModes.
  • Added method AudioDspAudioModes.GetNameByValue - Returns a name for the given audioMode value; No exception will be thrown by this method if the value is not found.
  • Added method AudioDspAudioModes.GetValueByName - Returns a value for the given audioMode name; No exception will be thrown by this method if the name is not found.
[ 1.0.38 ] - 2023/12/21
  • Updated socket close processing in SoundTouchWebSocket to include a close status code and message upon socket closure.
[ 1.0.37 ] - 2023/12/21
  • Added method SourceList.GetTitleBySource - Returns a SourceItem.SourceTitle string for the given source and sourceAccount values.
  • Renamed method SourceList.FromSourceTitle to GetSourceItemByTitle - Returns a SourceItem instance for the given source title value.
  • Added model PlayStatusTypes - play status types enumeration.
[ 1.0.36 ] - 2023/12/20
  • Added property SourceItem.SourceTitle - source title of media content (e.g. "Tunein", "Airplay", "NAS Music Server", etc).
  • Added method SourceList.FromSourceTitle - Returns a SourceItem instance for the given source title value.
  • Added method SourceList.ToSourceTitleArray - Returns an array of source title strings.
[ 1.0.35 ] - 2023/12/16
  • Fixed error processing logic for SoundTouchClient. Prior to this fix, some error conditions were not being caught.
[ 1.0.34 ] - 2023/12/16
  • Fixed logging of eventhandler exceptions in SoundTouchWebSocket. Prior to this fix, exceptions were being ignored.
[ 1.0.33 ] - 2023/12/16
  • Added logging of eventhandler exceptions in SoundTouchWebSocket. Prior to this fix, exceptions were being ignored.
  • Added property PresetList.LastUpdatedOn - indicates when the list was last updated.
  • Added property RecentList.LastUpdatedOn - indicates when the list was last updated.
[ 1.0.32 ] - 2023/12/15
  • Added Information and SupportedURLs objects to SoundTouchClient.ConfigurationCache upon class initialization. These are used by the SoundTouchDevice class.
  • Added properties to SoundTouchDevice class - UnknownUrlNames, UnSupportedUrlNames.
[ 1.0.31 ] - 2023/12/15
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.GetInformation - Gets the information configuration of the device.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.GetIntrospectData - Gets introspect data for a specified source.
  • Added model Component - component configuration.
  • Added model Information - info configuration.
  • Added model InformationNetworkInfo - info network information configuration.
  • Added model Introspect - introspect configuration.
  • Added model SupportedUrl - supported url configuration.
  • Added model SupportedUrls - supported urls configuration.
  • Removed SoundTouchDeviceComponent class, as it was replaced by the Component model.
  • Removed InfoNetworkConfig model, as it was replaced by the InformationNetworkInfo model.
[ 1.0.30 ] - 2023/12/13
  • Updated method SoundTouchWebSocket._OnWebSocketClose - Close event handler was missing 2 arguments that are passed for the event.
[ 1.0.29 ] - 2023/12/13
  • Added method SoundTouchDevice.RebootDevice - Reboots the operating system of the SoundTouch device.
  • Removed method SoundTouchClient.Bookmark - No longer necessary, as Pandora removed bookmark functionality; per Pandora, use thumbs up / down instead.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.SetUserPlayControl - Sends a user play control type command to stop / pause / play / resume media content playback.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.SetUserRating - Rates the currently playing media, if ratings are supported.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.SetUserTrackControl - Sends a user track control type command to control track playback (next, previous, repeat, shuffle, etc).
  • Added model UserPlayControl - user play control configuration.
  • Added model UserPlayControlTypes - user play control types enumeration.
  • Added model UserRating - user rating configuration.
  • Added model UserRatingTypes - user rating types enumeration.
  • Added model UserTrackControl - user track control configuration.
  • Added model UserTrackControlTypes - user track control types enumeration.
[ 1.0.28 ] - 2023/12/13
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.RemoveGroupStereoPair - Removes an existing left / right stereo pair speaker group configuration from the device.
  • Removed the SoundTouchException class, as it was not used; SoundTouchError class is used instead.
  • cleaned up some unused references.
[ 1.0.27 ] - 2023/12/12
  • Updated code to include pretty print of raw xml responses for easier debugging.
[ 1.0.26 ] - 2023/12/12
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.CreateGroupStereoPair - Creates a new left / right stereo pair speaker group configuration for the device.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.GetGroupStereoPairStatus - Gets the current left / right stereo pair speaker group configuration of the device.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.SetBalanceLevel - Sets the device balance level to the given level.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.UpdateGroupStereoPairName - Updates the name of the current left / right stereo pair speaker group configuration for the device.
  • Added model Group - group (stereo pair) configuration.
  • Added model GroupRole - group (stereo pair) role configuration.
  • Added model GroupRoleTypes - group (stereo pair) role types enumeration.
  • Added model GroupStatusTypes - group (stereo pair) status types enumeration.
  • Updated property descriptions for various classes.
[ 1.0.25 ] - 2023/12/10
  • Added model KeyStates - key states enumeration.
  • Updated methods in SoundTouchClient class that send remote keypress commands, based upon 2019 SoundTouch API reference specifications. For example, the client used to send both press and release keys when a preset was selected; this was actually issuing a set preset command (via key press) and then selecting the preset (via key release).
[ 1.0.24 ] - 2023/12/10
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.SearchMusicLibrary - Searches a specified music library container (e.g. STORED_MUSIC, etc).
  • Added model AudioDspAudioModes - media product cec hdmi modes enumeration.
  • Added model KeyStates - key states enumeration.
  • Added model ProductCecHdmiModes - media product cec hdmi modes enumeration.
  • Removed class SoundTouchAudioModes - replaced with AudioDspAudioModes model.
  • Removed class SoundTouchHdmiCecModes - replaced with NavigateMenuTypes model.
  • Updated methods in SoundTouchClient class that send remote keypress commands, based upon 2019 SoundTouch API reference specifications. For example, the client used to send both press and release keys when a preset was selected; this was actually issuing a set preset command (via key press) and then selecting the preset (via key release).
[ 1.0.23 ] - 2023/12/09
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.GetMusicLibraryItems - Gets a list of music library data from the specified music library (e.g. STORED_MUSIC, etc).
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.PowerStandbyLowPower - Sets power to low-power standby, if the device is currently powered on.
  • Added model MediaItemContainer - media item container configuration.
  • Added model NavigateMenuTypes - navigate menu types enumeration.
  • Added model NavigateSortTypes - navigate sort types enumeration.
  • Added model Search - search configuration.
  • Added model SearchFilterTypes - search filter types enumeration.
  • Added model SearchResponse - search response configuration.
  • Added model SearchSortTypes - search sort types enumeration.
  • Added model SearchTerm - search terms configuration.
  • Removed class SoundTouchMenuTypes - replaced with NavigateMenuTypes model.
  • Removed class SoundTouchSortOrders - replaced with SearchSortTypes model.
  • Changed all sort references to account for lower-case values, so they are properly sorted. Prior behavior was placing lower-case results after all upper-case results.
  • Removed quite a few unused import references (too many to list).
[ 1.0.22 ] - 2023/12/04
  • Updated rebuilt documentation index.
[ 1.0.21 ] - 2023/12/04
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.GetMusicServiceStations - Gets a list of your stored stations from the specified music service (e.g. PANDORA, etc). This has only been tested with Pandora at this point, so not sure if it will work for Spotify, Amazon Music, etc.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.AddMusicServiceStation - Adds a station to a music service (e.g. PANDORA, etc) collection of previously stored stations. This has only been tested with Pandora at this point, so not sure if it will work for Spotify, Amazon Music, etc.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.RemoveMusicServiceStation - Removes a station from a music service (e.g. PANDORA, etc) collection of previously stored stations. This has only been tested with Pandora at this point, so not sure if it will work for Spotify, Amazon Music, etc.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.SearchMusicServiceStations - Searches a music service (e.g. PANDORA, etc) for stations that can be added to a users collection of stations. This has only been tested with Pandora at this point, so not sure if it will work for Spotify, Amazon Music, etc.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.GetTrackInfo - Gets extended track information for the current playing music service media.
  • Added method SoundTouchClient.Bookmark - Bookmarks the current playing music service media.
  • Updated method SoundTouchClient.RemoveAllPresets to return a PresetList object that contains the updated list of presets.
  • Updated method SoundTouchClient.RemovePreset to return a PresetList object that contains the updated list of presets.
  • Updated method SoundTouchClient.StorePreset to return a PresetList object that contains the updated list of presets.
  • Added model AddStation - addStation configuration.
  • Added model Navigate - navigate configuration.
  • Added model NavigateItem - navigate item configuration.
  • Added model NavigateResponse - navigate response configuration.
  • Added model SearchResult - searchResult configuration.
  • Added model RemoveStation - removeStation configuration.
  • Added model TrackInfo - trackInfo configuration.
  • Added class SoundTouchMenuTypes - menu types enumeration.
  • Added class SoundTouchSortOrders - sort orders enumeration.
  • Updated model ContentItem - added new properties: IsNavigate, Offset.
  • Updated model NowPlayingStatus - added new properties: ArtistId, ArtImageStatus, DeviceId, IsAdvertisement, IsRatingEnabled, Rating, SessionId, SourceAccount, TrackId.
  • Updated model NowPlayingStatus - changed Image property name to ArtUrl to more closely match the SoundTouch API schema.
[ 1.0.20 ] - 2023/11/29
  • SmartInspect SIConfigurationTimer changes to remove interval value.
[ 1.0.20 ] - 2023/11/25
  • Added method to SoundTouchClient: ClearBluetoothPaired - Clears all bluetooth pairings from the device.
  • Added method to SoundTouchClient: EnterBluetoothPairing - Enters bluetooth pairing mode, and waits for a compatible device to pair with.
[ 1.0.19 ] - 2023/11/21
  • Added VS test class testVS_SoundTouchDiscovery.py to test Zeroconf discovery scenarios.
  • Updated VS test class testVS_SoundTouchClient with missing testing scenarios.
[ 1.0.19 ] - 2023/11/21
  • Added method to SoundTouchClient: AddMusicServiceSources - Adds any servers in the MediaServerList to the sources list if they do not exist in the sources list as a "STORED_MUSIC" source.
  • Added method to SoundTouchClient: RemoveMusicServiceAccount - Removes an existing music service account from the sources list.
  • Added method to SoundTouchClient: SetMusicServiceAccount - Adds a music service account to the sources list.
  • Updated model PlayInfo: ToXmlRequestBody method - changed default encoding value from 'unicode' to 'utf-8', which is what the ST webservices API expects.
  • Updated model SourceItem: UserName property - changed to FriendlyName, as the value is a display name.
  • Updated model MusicServiceAccount: UserName property - changed to UserAccount, as the value is an account name and not a user name.
  • Updated model MusicServiceAccount: DisplayName property - changed to FriendlyName, to use the same naming standards for UI display fields.
  • Updated any classes that did not have a __str__ or __repr__ method to call their ToString method.
[ 1.0.18 ] - 2023/11/15
  • Updated model AudioDspControls.ToSupportedAudioModesArray method to return a sorted list of supported audio modes.
  • Added method ToMinMaxString to model ControlLevelInfo to retrieve a description of the allowed Min / Max range values.
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: PlayNotificationBeep - Plays a quick beep notification sound on devices that support it.
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: GetSoftwareUpdateCheckInfo - Gets the latest available software update release version information for the device.
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: GetSoftwareUpdateStatus - Gets the status of a SoundTouch software update for the device.
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: GetWirelessSiteSurvey - Gets a list of wireless networks that can be detected by the device.
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: SelectLastWiFiSource - Selects the last wifi source that was selected.
[ 1.0.17 ] - 2023/11/15
  • Add sort support to model MediaServerList, to allow sorting on any column.
  • Add sort support to model PresetList, to allow sorting on any column.
  • Add sort support to model RecentList, to allow sorting on any column.
  • Add sort support to model ServiceAvailability, to allow sorting on any column.
  • Add sort support to model SourceList, to allow sorting on any column.
  • Updated SoundTouchClient: GetMediaServerList method - automatically sorts the returned list objects by FriendlyName.
  • Updated SoundTouchClient: GetServiceAvailability method - automatically sorts the returned list objects by ServiceType.
  • Updated SoundTouchClient: GetSourceList method - automatically sorts the returned list objects by Source.
[ 1.0.16 ] - 2023/11/15
  • Changed Zeroconf dependency, as it was interfering with Home Assistant dependencies.
[ 1.0.15 ] - 2023/11/14
  • Added new class SoundTouchDiscovery to support discovery of SoundTouch devices on the network using Zeroconf MDNS.
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: GetServiceAvailability - Gets the current service availability configuration of the device.
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: GetSoundTouchConfigurationStatus - Gets the current SoundTouch configuration status of the device.
[ 1.0.14 ] - 2023/11/13
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: GetAudioSpeakerAttributeAndSetting - allows speaker attribute and settings to be retrieved (Rear, SubWoofer01, SubWoofer02).
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: GetAudioProductLevelControls - allows speaker levels to be retrieved (FrontCenterSpeakerLevel, RearSurroundSpeakersLevel).
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: SetAudioProductLevelControls - allows speaker levels to be adjusted (FrontCenterSpeakerLevel, RearSurroundSpeakersLevel).
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: SetAudioDspControls - allows audio dsp controls to be adjusted (AudioMode, VideoSyncAudioDelay, SupportedAudioModes).
  • Removed method from SoundTouchClient: SetAudioDspControlsAudioMode - replaced this with the more robust SetAudioDspControls method.
  • Added class SoundTouchHdmiCecModes to define HDMI CEC Mode values.
  • Added class SoundTouchAudioModes to define Audio Mode values.
  • Updated documentation for various classes and sample code snippets.
[ 1.0.13 ] - 2023/11/12
  • Added new method to SoundTouchClient: SetProductCecHdmiControl - allows HDMI CEC mode to be turned ON/OFF.
  • Updated documentation for various classes and sample code snippets.
[ 1.0.12 ] - 2023/11/11
  • Added new methods to SoundTouchClient: GetAudioProductToneControls, SetAudioProductToneControls.
  • Updated SoundTouchClient methods GetAudioDspControls, GetBlueToothInfo, GetProductCecHdmiControl, GetProductHdmiAssignmentControls, GetRebroadcastLatencyMode, and SetAudioDspControlAudioMode to check device capabilities prior to executing the request. A SoundTouchError will be thrown if the device does not support the capability.
[ 1.0.11 ] - 2023/11/11
  • Added several new methods to SoundTouchClient: GetAudioDspControls, GetBlueToothInfo, GetProductCecHdmiControl, GetProductHdmiAssignmentControls, GetRebroadcastLatencyMode, SetAudioDspControlAudioMode.
[ 1.0.10 ] - 2023/11/10
  • Added several new methods to SoundTouchClient: SelectLastSoundTouchSource(), SelectLastSource(), SelectLocalSource().
[ 1.0.9 ] - 2023/11/08
  • Accidentally changed the GetrSourceList() method to GetCapabilities() method while testing and pushed the change to PyPi.org. Changed it back, but hda to update the release to 1.0.9.
[ 1.0.8 ] - 2023/11/08
  • Added SoundTouchWebSocket.ClearListeners() method to allow all listeners to be removed with one call.
  • Changed classifier to "Development Status 5 - Production/Stable".
[ 1.0.7 ] - 2023/11/08
  • Added SourceList.ToSourceArray() method that returns an array of available source list items.
[ 1.0.6 ] - 2023/11/04
  • Added Ping and Pong functionality to the SoundTouchWebSocket class. This allows 'keep-alive' ping send requests and pong responses to be tracked by the websocket. PingInterval is also configurable, and can also be disabled (default setting) if configured to do so.
[ 1.0.5 ] - 2023/11/03
  • Updated Firmware namespace classes to more closely resemble the index.xml output (e.g. changed property names, fixed PROTOCOL processing, etc). Also added sample code to the SoundTouchFirmware class.
[ 1.0.4 ] - 2023/11/01
  • Updated SoundTouchWebSocket OnClose event processing to only pass 2 parameters instead of 3. There is no message argument when a connection is closed. I also added an OnOpen event to allow the user to listen for when a connection is opened.
[ 1.0.3 ] - 2023/10/30
  • Updated SoundTouchClient PlayUrl method to handle metadata retrieval errors more gracefully.
[ 1.0.2 ] - 2023/10/28
  • Updated documentation link for PyPi.org.
[ 1.0.1 ] - 2023/10/28
  • Added support for ReadtheDocs documentation hosting.
[ 1.0.0 ] - 2023/10/05
  • Version 1 initial release.