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This release is a pre-release and may not be stable for production use.

Description

This is an unofficial API wrapper and CLI script for controlling the Nest® Learning Thermostat™.

Command Line Usage

nestctl [-h] [-v] [-e email] [-p password] [-l {c,f}] [--no-cache]
  (--away {on,off,toggle,get} | --get-temp {current,target,both} | --set-temp int | --show {raw,devices,structures,serials} | --describe {device,structure,serial} | --info)

actions:

--away <on,off,toggle,get>

set/get away mode

--get-temp <opt>

get current/target temperature

--set-temp <int>

set target temperature

--show <raw,devices,structures,serials>

show information

--describe <device,structure,serial>

describe item

--info

show condensed status info

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-v, --version

show program’s version number and exit

-e, --email <email>

nest.com email address

-p, --password <password>

nest.com password

-l, --scale <c,f>

temperature scale, [c]elsius/[f]ahrenheit. default f

--no-cache

dont use cache, default false

API Reference

Basic example:

from pynest import *

cache_file  = '/tmp/cache.tmp'
credentials = ('email@addr.com', 'password')

nest = PyNest(auth=credentials, cache=cache_file)

print(nest.devices)

License

Copyright © 2013 Derek Nicol
Nest® is a registered trademark of Nest Labs, Inc.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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