pydomotic

A Python library for home automation execution, enabling seamless control and management of your IoT devices.

"Domotics": The automatic control of home appliances by electronic systems. Contraction of domestic robotics, from the Latin domus ("home"), and robotics.

Getting Started

1. Install pydomotic in your environment.

   $ pip install pydomotic
   

2. Create your pydomotic.yml configuration file where you will define your devices and automations.

   # pydomotic.yml
   
   devices:
     fan:
       description: fan switch
       provider: noop
       id: '012'
     thermometer:
       description: temperature sensor
       provider: noop
       id: '345'
   
   automations:
     fan:
       enabled: true
       components:
         - if:
             thermometer:
               temp: '>75'
           then:
             turn-on: fan
           else:
             turn-off: fan
   

3. Running the following will check each trigger and execute any actions.

   $ python -m pydomotic
   

Note that each configured provider will require separate installation of its specific dependencies. For installing these dependencies and full configuration documentation, see CONFIGURATION.md

For more details on deployment options, see DEPLOYING.md

Glossary

trigger: A small piece of code which evaluates to either true or false. Usually it calls on devices or 3rd party APIs to make this determination.

action: A small piece of code which is run when a trigger fires. Usually this is managing device state like turning a lightbulb on or off. When configured, it can be designated as a "then" action or an "else" action.

provider: The third party which owns the API for a set of devices. The manufacturer of a device will usually provide this API.

device: Any IoT device which can be controled with a 3rd party API managed by a provider.

sensor: A device or 3rd party API which senses information about the physical world around it. For example, a smart lightbulb or REST based current weather API.

component: A grouping of triggers and actions. When all triggers evaluate to true, its "then" actions will be run. When any trigger evaluates to false, its "else" actions will be run.

handler: The code used to run a set of components. This is the main entrypoint to the pydomotic system.

parser: The code used to read the configuration yaml and transform it into a list of components.