BIOCAT Python Client Library

About

A Python client library to connect to BIOCAT devices.

Installation

pip install pyocat

Usage

import asyncio
import httpx

from pyocat import AsyncAuth, AsyncApiClient

async def main():
    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
        auth = AsyncAuth(client, "<api-key>")
        api = AsyncApiClient(auth)
        state = await api.get_state()
        print(state)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

Development

Execute to download dependencies:

poetry install

Execute to run the unit tests:

poetry run pytest -vv

Execute to build the library:

poetry build

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 WATERCryst GmbH

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