hartip-py

Pure-Python HART-IP client library. Server functionality is not included.

Supports HART-IP v1 (plaintext, TCP/UDP) and v2 (TLS, Direct PDU, Audit Log).

Install

pip install hartip-py

Only dependency: construct for binary parsing.

Quick start

from hartip import HARTIPClient, parse_cmd0, parse_cmd1

# v1 over UDP (default)
with HARTIPClient("192.168.1.100") as client:
    resp = client.read_unique_id()
    info = parse_cmd0(resp.payload)
    print(info.manufacturer_name, info.device_id)

    resp = client.read_primary_variable()
    pv = parse_cmd1(resp.payload)
    print(f"{pv.value} (unit {pv.unit_code})")

TLS (HART-IP v2)

from hartip import HARTIPClient, HARTIP_V2_PSK_CIPHERS

# PSK authentication
with HARTIPClient(
    "192.168.1.100",
    protocol="tcp",
    version=2,
    psk_identity="client1",
    psk_key=b"\x00" * 16,
    ciphers=HARTIP_V2_PSK_CIPHERS,
) as client:
    resp = client.read_unique_id()

# CA-verified + mutual TLS
with HARTIPClient(
    "192.168.1.100",
    protocol="tcp",
    version=2,
    ca_certs="/path/to/ca.pem",
    certfile="/path/to/client.pem",
    keyfile="/path/to/client.key",
) as client:
    resp = client.read_unique_id()

# Custom certificate validation callback
def pin_cert(cert_dict):
    subject = dict(x[0] for x in cert_dict.get("subject", ()))
    return subject.get("commonName") == "my-device.local"

with HARTIPClient(
    "192.168.1.100",
    protocol="tcp",
    version=2,
    cert_validator=pin_cert,
) as client:
    resp = client.read_unique_id()

# Full custom SSLContext
import ssl
ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
ctx.load_verify_locations("/path/to/ca.pem")

with HARTIPClient("192.168.1.100", protocol="tcp", version=2, ssl_context=ctx) as client:
    resp = client.read_unique_id()

Error handling

from hartip import HARTIPClient
from hartip.exceptions import (
    HARTIPConnectionError,
    HARTIPTimeoutError,
    HARTIPTLSError,
    HARTResponseError,
)

with HARTIPClient("192.168.1.100") as client:
    resp = client.read_unique_id()

    # Check manually
    if not resp.success:
        print(resp.error_message)

    # Or raise
    resp.raise_for_error()  # raises HARTResponseError on failure

Exception hierarchy:

HARTError
├── HARTIPError
│   ├── HARTIPTimeoutError
│   ├── HARTIPConnectionError
│   │   └── HARTIPTLSError
│   └── HARTIPStatusError
└── HARTProtocolError
    ├── HARTChecksumError
    ├── HARTResponseError
    └── HARTCommunicationError

Convenience methods

Testing

# Unit tests (no server needed)
pytest

# Integration tests (requires HART-IP server)
pytest -m integration

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License

GPL-3.0-only