pylocal-akuvox

Async Python library for the Akuvox local HTTP API.

pylocal-akuvox provides a single AkuvoxDevice object for communicating with Akuvox intercoms and access controllers on the LAN. It supports user/PIN management, relay control, schedule management, and log retrieval over the device's local HTTP API.

Features

• Async-only — designed for asyncio event loops and Home Assistant
• Single runtime dependency — only aiohttp
• Full device management — users, PINs, relays, schedules, and logs
• Multiple auth modes — None, Allowlist, Basic, and Digest
• SSL support — including self-signed certificate handling
• Legacy TLS compatibility — OpenSSL SECLEVEL relaxation for old devices
• Comprehensive error handling — typed exception hierarchy
• Capability-aware API — built-in device support matrix, safe probing, and fail-fast unsupported-operation checks
• Contact schema fidelity — door-phone and apartment-book contact records preserve their device-specific fields

Installation

pip install pylocal-akuvox

Quick Start

import asyncio
from pylocal_akuvox import AkuvoxDevice


async def main():
    async with AkuvoxDevice("192.168.1.100") as device:
        info = await device.get_info()
        print(f"{info.model} — FW {info.firmware_version}")


asyncio.run(main())

Capability-aware API

Known device classes are matched against a built-in capability matrix when the connection opens. For unfamiliar devices, or after a firmware update, run the safe read-only probe and then act only on confirmed capabilities:

import asyncio
from pylocal_akuvox import AkuvoxDevice, Capability, CapabilityStatus


async def main():
    async with AkuvoxDevice("192.168.1.100") as device:
        capabilities = await device.probe_capabilities()

        user_add_status = capabilities.status_of(Capability.USER_ADD)
        if user_add_status is CapabilityStatus.SUPPORTED:
            await device.add_user(
                name="Alice",
                user_id="2001",
                web_relay="0",
                schedule_relay="1001-1",
                lift_floor_num="0",
                private_pin="1234",
            )
        else:
            print("User creation is not confirmed for this device")


asyncio.run(main())

The probe uses a deterministic, non-destructive read sequence. Operations whose status is UNSUPPORTED always fail fast. Operations whose status is UNKNOWN fail fast by default; set device.attempt_unknown_capability = True only when you intentionally want to try an unproven device-side operation. The effective profile is available as device.capabilities for the current connection.

The examples below call service methods directly for brevity. They assume the relevant capability is SUPPORTED; for portable code, guard each operation with the probed or matrix profile as shown above.

Contact models

Door-phone devices such as X916 and E18C expose contacts with ID, Name, Phone, and Group. Apartment-book devices such as X915S expose contacts with Name, Phone, APTName, APTNum, Building, and Landline; they have no device-assigned ID or Group.

Contact exposes apartment-book metadata as apt_name, apt_num, building, and landline. Those fields are None on door-phone records. Apartment-book contacts are read-only over the public HTTP API, so manage them through the device web UI, provisioning, or another vendor-supported channel.

Manage Users and PINs

import asyncio
from pylocal_akuvox import AkuvoxDevice


async def main():
    async with AkuvoxDevice("192.168.1.100") as device:
        await device.add_user(
            name="Alice",
            user_id="2001",
            web_relay="0",
            schedule_relay="1001-1",
            lift_floor_num="0",
            private_pin="1234",
        )

        users = await device.list_users()
        for user in users:
            print(f"{user.name} (ID: {user.user_id})")


asyncio.run(main())

Trigger a Door Relay

Door-phone models that support the JSON relay API use trigger_relay(), which sends /api/relay/trig with the connection's AuthConfig:

import asyncio
from pylocal_akuvox import AkuvoxDevice


async def main():
    async with AkuvoxDevice("192.168.1.100") as device:
        await device.trigger_relay(num=1, delay=5)


asyncio.run(main())

IT83-class devices use Akuvox's separate Open Relay Via HTTP setting instead. Enable Phone → Relay → Open Relay Via HTTP on the device and pass those relay-specific credentials per call:

import asyncio
from pylocal_akuvox import AkuvoxDevice


async def main():
    async with AkuvoxDevice("192.168.1.100") as device:
        await device.open_door_http(
            user="relay-user",
            password="relay-password",
        )


asyncio.run(main())

The vendor endpoint carries the OpenDoor password in the URL query string, so it can appear in proxy or device access logs outside this library. On an IT83, trigger_relay() raises an actionable error directing callers to AkuvoxDevice.open_door_http() instead of sending a credential-less OpenDoor request.

Authentication

import asyncio
from pylocal_akuvox import AkuvoxDevice, AuthConfig, AuthMethod


async def main():
    # Basic Auth
    auth = AuthConfig(method=AuthMethod.BASIC, username="admin", password="secret")
    async with AkuvoxDevice("192.168.1.100", auth=auth) as device:
        info = await device.get_info()


asyncio.run(main())

Documentation

Full documentation is available at pylocal-akuvox.readthedocs.io.

Contributing

This project uses uv for dependency management.

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/tykeal/pylocal-akuvox.git
cd pylocal-akuvox
uv sync --group dev

# Run tests
uv run pytest tests/ -x -q

# Run linting
uv run ruff check src/ tests/

# Build docs locally
uv run --extra docs sphinx-build -b html docs docs/_build/html

License

Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE for details.