loxwebsocket 0.6.0

A Python library for connecting to Loxone Smart Home systems via WebSocket

Lox WebSocket Client

A Python client for connecting to Loxone Miniserver via WebSocket with optional encryption and token-based authentication.

Adapted from PyLoxone.

Features

• Asynchronous WebSocket client (aiohttp)
• Encrypted communication and secured commands
• High-performance Cython parsers (auto-selected per CPU)
• Token acquisition and refresh
• Message and connection event callbacks

Installation

pip install loxwebsocket

Using uv:

uv add loxwebsocket

Quickstart

import asyncio
from loxwebsocket import LoxWs

async def main():
    ws = LoxWs()
    await ws.connect(
        user="your-username",
        password="your-password",
        loxone_url="http://miniserver-ip-or-host",
        receive_updates=True,
        max_reconnect_attempts=5,
    )
    # ...
    await ws.stop()

asyncio.run(main())

API Reference

loxwebsocket.LoxWs

Client that manages the WebSocket lifecycle, authentication, encryption, message parsing, and callbacks.

Constructor

LoxWs(version: float = 15.0)

• version: Miniserver compatibility used for auth hashing selection.

Lifecycle

• await connect(user: str, password: str, loxone_url: str, receive_updates: bool = True, max_reconnect_attempts: int = 0) -> None
  • Establishes the encrypted WebSocket connection, acquires/uses token, and (optionally) enables status updates.
• await stop() -> None | int
  • Closes WebSocket and HTTP session. Returns -1 on error, otherwise None.
• await http_ping() -> bool
  • Returns whether the Miniserver base URL is reachable (HTTP 200).

Note: The client performs automatic reconnection when the connection drops.

Sending commands

• await send_websocket_command(device_uuid: str | bytes, value: str) -> None
  • Sends an immediate command, e.g. "jdev/sps/io//".
• await send_websocket_command_to_visu_password_secured_control(device_uuid: str, value: str, visu_pw: str) -> None
  • Sends a command to a visualization-password protected control. The client requests the required salt/key and sends the queued command.

Advanced

• await send_command(command: str) -> str | bytes
  • Low-level encrypted request/response helper for Loxone commands.

Subscriptions (callbacks)

Message callbacks receive parsed data and the numeric message type. Callbacks must be async callables.

async def on_value_update(data, message_type: int):
    ...

ws.add_message_callback(on_value_update, message_types=[2])

• add_message_callback(callback: Callable[[Any, int], Awaitable[None]], message_types: list[int]) -> None
  • Registers a coroutine callback for the specified message types.
• remove_message_callback(callback, message_types: list[int]) -> None
  • Unregisters a previously added callback.

Message types

• 0: Control/text updates
• 1: Binary payload (not parsed)
• 2: Value updates (high-frequency)
• 3: Text block updates
• 6: Keepalive responses
• 4, 5, 7: Other/unparsed

Connection events

Define async callbacks and subscribe to connection lifecycle events via add_event_callback.

from loxwebsocket import LoxWs

async def on_connected():
    ...

ws = LoxWs()
ws.add_event_callback(on_connected, event_types=[LoxWs.EventType.CONNECTED])

Event enum

• EventType.ANY
• EventType.INITIALIZED
• EventType.CONNECTED
• EventType.CONNECTION_CLOSED
• EventType.RECONNECTED

API

• add_event_callback(callback: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]], event_types: list[EventType]) -> None
  • Registers an event callback for selected events (or ANY).

loxwebsocket.LxToken

Container for token details used by the client. Typically managed internally.

Properties

• token: str
• valid_until: int (seconds since 2009-01-01 in Loxone epoch)
• hash_alg: str (e.g., "SHA1" or "SHA256")
• get_seconds_to_expire() -> int

Exceptions

• loxwebsocket.exceptions.LoxoneException: Base package error
• loxwebsocket.exceptions.LoxoneHTTPStatusError: Non-OK HTTP response from Miniserver
• loxwebsocket.exceptions.LoxoneRequestError: Error during HTTP request

Performance notes

The client uses Cython-based parsers for high-rate value updates (message type 2). At import time, a CPU capability check selects an optimized or compatible parser.

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• aiohttp
• orjson
• pycryptodome
• py-cpuinfo

Development

git clone https://github.com/Jakob-Gliwa/loxwebsocket.git
cd loxwebsocket
pip install -e .[dev]
# or using uv
uv pip install -e .[dev]

License

MIT License – see LICENSE.

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome.