pyezvizapi 1.0.4.6

EZVIZ API client for Home Assistant and CLI

Ezviz PyPi

Overview

Pilot your Ezviz cameras (and light bulbs) with this module. It is used by:

• The official Ezviz integration in Home Assistant
• The EZVIZ (Beta) custom integration for Home Assistant

You can also use it directly from the command line for quick checks and scripting.

Features

• Inspect device and connection status in table or JSON form
• Control cameras: PTZ, privacy/sleep/audio/IR/state LEDs, alarm settings
• Control light bulbs: toggle, status, brightness and color temperature
• Dump raw pagelist and device infos JSON for exploration/debugging
• Reuse a saved session token (no credentials needed after first login)

Install

From PyPI:

pip install pyezvizapi

After installation, a pyezvizapi command is available on your PATH.

Dependencies (development/local usage)

If you are running from a clone of this repository or using the helper scripts directly, ensure these packages are available:

pip install requests paho-mqtt pycryptodome

Quick Start

# See available commands and options
pyezvizapi --help

# First-time login and save token for reuse
pyezvizapi -u YOUR_EZVIZ_USERNAME -p YOUR_EZVIZ_PASSWORD --save-token devices status

# Subsequent runs can reuse the saved token (no credentials needed)
pyezvizapi devices status --json

CLI Authentication

• Username/password: -u/--username and -p/--password
• Token file: --token-file (defaults to ezviz_token.json in the current directory)
• Save token: --save-token writes the current token after login
• MFA: The CLI prompts for a code if required by your account
• Region: -r/--region overrides the default region (apiieu.ezvizlife.com)

Examples:

# First-time login and save token locally
pyezvizapi -u YOUR_EZVIZ_USERNAME -p YOUR_EZVIZ_PASSWORD --save-token devices status

# Reuse saved token (no credentials)
pyezvizapi devices status --json

Output Modes

• Default: human-readable tables (for list/status views)
• JSON: add --json for easy parsing and editor-friendly exploration

CLI Commands

All commands are subcommands of the module runner:

pyezvizapi <command> [options]

devices

• Actions: device, status, switch, connection
• Examples:

# Table view
pyezvizapi devices status

# JSON view
pyezvizapi devices status --json

Sample table columns include:

name | status | device_category | device_sub_category | sleep | privacy | audio | ir_led | state_led | local_ip | local_rtsp_port | battery_level | alarm_schedules_enabled | alarm_notify | Motion_Trigger

The CLI also computes a switch_flags map for each device (all switch states by name, e.g. privacy, sleep, sound, infrared_light, light, etc.).

camera

Requires --serial.

• Actions: status, move, move_coords, unlock-door, unlock-gate, switch, alarm, select
• Examples:

# Camera status
pyezvizapi camera --serial ABC123 status

# PTZ move
pyezvizapi camera --serial ABC123 move --direction up --speed 5

# Move by coordinates
pyezvizapi camera --serial ABC123 move_coords --x 0.4 --y 0.6

# Switch setters
pyezvizapi camera --serial ABC123 switch --switch privacy --enable 1

# Alarm settings (push notify, sound level, do-not-disturb)
pyezvizapi camera --serial ABC123 alarm --notify 1 --sound 2 --do_not_disturb 0

# Battery camera work mode
pyezvizapi camera --serial ABC123 select --battery_work_mode POWER_SAVE

devices_light

• Actions: status
• Example:

pyezvizapi devices_light status

home_defence_mode

Set global defence mode for the account/home.

pyezvizapi home_defence_mode --mode HOME_MODE

mqtt

Connect to Ezviz MQTT push notifications using the current session token. Use --debug to see connection details.

pyezvizapi mqtt

MQTT push test script (standalone)

For quick experimentation, a small helper script is included which can use a saved token file or prompt for credentials with MFA and save the session token:

# With a previously saved token file
python examples/mqtt_listener.py --token-file ezviz_token.json

# Interactive login, then save token for next time
python examples/mqtt_listener.py --save-token

# Explicit credentials (not recommended for shared terminals)
python examples/mqtt_listener.py -u USER -p PASS --save-token

pagelist

Dump the complete raw pagelist JSON. Great for exploring unknown fields in an editor (e.g. Notepad++).

pyezvizapi pagelist > pagelist.json

device_infos

Dump the processed device infos mapping (what the integration consumes). Optionally filter to one serial:

# All devices
pyezvizapi device_infos > device_infos.json

# Single device
pyezvizapi device_infos --serial ABC123 > ABC123.json

Remote door and gate unlock (CS-HPD7)

pyezvizapi camera --serial BAXXXXXXX-BAYYYYYYY unlock-door
pyezvizapi camera --serial BAXXXXXXX-BAYYYYYYY unlock-gate

RTSP authentication test (Basic → Digest)

Validate RTSP credentials by issuing a DESCRIBE request. Falls back from Basic to Digest auth automatically.

python examples/rtsp_auth_test.py <IP> <USER> <PASS> --uri /Streaming/Channels/101

On success, the script prints a confirmation. On failure it raises one of:

• InvalidHost: Hostname/IP or port issue
• AuthTestResultFailed: Invalid credentials

Development

Install the project with development dependencies:

python -m pip install -U pip wheel
python -m pip install -e .[dev]

Run the same local validation used by CI:

ruff check .
mypy --install-types --non-interactive .
pytest --cov=pyezvizapi --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml --cov-fail-under=85
python -m build
twine check dist/*
python -m pip check

Run style fixes where possible:

ruff check --fix .

Before committing, remove generated artifacts so they do not leak into PRs:

rm -rf dist build *.egg-info .coverage coverage.xml .pytest_cache .mypy_cache .ruff_cache
find . -type d -name __pycache__ -prune -exec rm -rf {} +

Tests should be offline by default. Do not add tests that require EZVIZ credentials, real cameras, cloud calls, or live network access. Prefer small fixtures and fakes for request builders, status parsing, MQTT payload handling, and Home Assistant integration contracts.

Side Notes

There is no official API documentation. Much of this is based on reverse-engineering the Ezviz mobile app (Android/iOS). Some regions operate on separate endpoints; US example: apiius.ezvizlife.com.

Example:

pyezvizapi -u [e-mail] -p PASS@123 -r apius.ezvizlife.com devices status

For advanced troubleshooting or new feature research, MITM proxy tools like mitmproxy/Charles/Fiddler can be used to inspect traffic from the app (see community guides for SSL unpinning and WSA usage).

Contributing

Contributions are welcome — the API surface is large and there are many improvements possible.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, local validation, offline-test expectations, and cleanup guidance before opening a PR.

For questions, bug reports, and feature requests, see SUPPORT.md for what to include and what not to post publicly.

For changes that affect Home Assistant integrations, see docs/home-assistant-contract.md before renaming methods, changing status keys, or altering auth/MQTT behavior.

For vulnerability reports or security-sensitive behavior, see SECURITY.md. Please do not post credentials, MFA codes, tokens, or private camera URLs in public issues.

Versioning

We follow SemVer when publishing the library. See CHANGELOG.md and repository tags for released versions.

Release tags should match the package version in pyproject.toml using the form v<version> (for example, v1.0.4.5). The PyPI publish workflow validates this before uploading distributions.

License

Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.md.

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