miflora 0.4

Library to read data from Mi Flora sensor

# miflora - Library for Xiaomi Mi plant sensor

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This library lets you read sensor data from a Xiaomi Mi Flora plant sensor.

* Latest release download: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/miflora
* Build status: https://travis-ci.org/open-homeautomation/miflora
* Test coverage: https://coveralls.io/github/open-homeautomation/miflora

## Functionality
It supports reading the different measurements from the sensor
- temperature
- moisture
- conductivity
- brightness

To use this library you will need a Bluetooth Low Energy dongle attached to your computer. You will also need a
Xiaomi Mi Flora plant sensor.

## Backends
As there is unfortunately no universally working Bluetooth Low Energy library for Python, the project currently
offers support for two Bluetooth implementations:
* bluez tools (via a wrapper around gatttool)
* bluepy library

### bluez/gatttool wrapper
To use the bluez wrapper, you need to install the bluez tools on your machine. No additional python
libraries are required. Some distrubutions moved the gatttool binary to a separate package. Make sure you have this
binaray available on your machine.

Example to use the bluez/gatttool wrapper:
```python
from miflora.miflora_poller import MiFloraPoller
from miflora.backends.gatttool import GatttoolBackend

poller = MiFloraPoller('some mac address', GatttoolBackend)
```

### bluepy
To use the [bluepy](https://github.com/IanHarvey/bluepy) library you have to install it on your machine, in most cases this can be done via:
```pip3 install bluepy```

Example to use the bluepy backend:
```python
from miflora.miflora_poller import MiFloraPoller
from miflora.backends.bluepy import BluepyBackend

poller = MiFloraPoller('some mac address', BluepyBackend)
```

### pygatt
If you have a Blue Giga based device that is supported by [pygatt](https://github.com/peplin/pygatt), you have to
install the bluepy library on your machine. In most cases this can be done via:
```pip3 install pygatt```

Example to use the pygatt backend:
```python
from miflora.miflora_poller import MiFloraPoller
from miflora.backends.pygatt import PygattBackend

poller = MiFloraPoller('some mac address', PygattBackend)
```

## Conttributing
please have a look at [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)

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## Projects Depending on `miflora`

The following shows a selected list of projects using this library:

* https://github.com/ThomDietrich/miflora-mqtt-daemon - An MQTT Client/Daemon for Smart Home solution integration
* https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.miflora/ - Integration in Home Assistant