pyVivintSky

A Python library for interacting with Vivint Sky API.

I own a system by Vivint and was annoyed when I found they didn't post any information about how the API works. After looking over the internet I was able to find a few pieces of information and one gem written by Tim Harper. The homebridge site makes a claim that Tim used to be a Vivint employee which I have no reason to doubt and honestly his work would require some type of inside knowledge to the API.

My intent here was to combine all the work that has been done over the last couple of years and combine them into a working library so I can add an integration to the Home Automation System called Home Assistant (https://www.home-assistant.io/).

Credit

Features

Authentication

Authentication is handled currently via username and password. I would recommend setting up a user on Vivint for just this purpose. This makes it easy to distinguish when events are coming from automation.

This does direct calls to the Vivint API and stores a session key that last 20 mins by default. I then check for the expiration of this key on each call in the future login again if its expired.

PubNub

Message states and changes to devices are handled by PubNub. This API subscribes to the panels PubNub channel and is able to handle messages like doors opening and closing.

Devices

Panel

This is the root device and all child devices are attached to it. Looking at the API its possible for an account to have more than one panel and this makes attempts to handle that.

Wireless Sensors

These are any device that remotely connect to the sytem via wifi. This includes door sensors, break glass, and motion detectors.

Thermostat

I don't own one of these yet but there is enough information on the other sites I think to implement the features.

Door Locks

I don't own any of these but there is enough information on the other sites I think to implement the features.