Asynchronous Python client for the Tado API

Asynchronous Python client to control Tado devices.

About

This package allows you to control Tado devices from within Python. Although it can be used as a standalone package, it is current scope is to be used within Home Assistant. Not all endpoints and features are fully supported. This is the continuation project of PyTado.

Documentation

A full documentation can be found at Read the Docs.

Installation

pip install tadoasync

Usage

import asyncio

from tadoasync import Tado


async def main() -> None:
    """Example on how to retrieve all devices."""
    async with Tado("username", "password") as tado:
        await tado.get_devices()


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

Keep in mind that if you use async with, the aenter and aexit methods are called automatically. It's recommended you use session control, if you don't use async with, you need to call tado.close() to close the session.

Changelog & Releases

This repository keeps a change log using GitHub's releases functionality. The format of the log is based on Keep a Changelog.

Releases are based on Semantic Versioning, and use the format of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. In a nutshell, the version will be incremented based on the following:

• MAJOR: Incompatible or major changes.
• MINOR: Backwards-compatible new features and enhancements.
• PATCH: Backwards-compatible bugfixes and package updates.

Usage

As of the 15th of March 2025, Tado has updated their OAuth2 authentication flow. It will now use the device flow, instead of a username/password flow. This means that the user will have to authenticate the device using a browser, and then enter the code that is displayed on the browser into the terminal.

PyTado handles this as following:

1. The _login_device_flow() will be invoked at the initialization of a PyTado object. This will start the device flow and will return a URL and a code that the user will have to enter in the browser. The URL can be obtained via the method device_verification_url(). Or, when in debug mode, the URL will be printed. Alternatively, you can use the device_activation_status() method to check if the device has been activated. It returns three statuses: NOT_STARTED, PENDING, and COMPLETED. Wait to invoke the device_activation() method until the status is PENDING.

2. Once the URL is obtained, the user will have to enter the code that is displayed on the browser into the terminal. By default, the URL has the user_code attached, for the ease of going trough the flow. At this point, run the method device_activation(). It will poll every five seconds to see if the flow has been completed. If the flow has been completed, the method will return a token that will be used for all further requests. It will timeout after five minutes.

3. Once the token has been obtained, the user can use the PyTado object to interact with the Tado API. The token will be stored in the Tado object, and will be used for all further requests. The token will be refreshed automatically when it expires. The device_verification_url() will be reset to None and the device_activation_status() will return COMPLETED.

Screenshots of the device flow

Contributing

This is an active open-source project. We are always open to people who want to use the code or contribute to it.

We've set up a separate document for our contribution guidelines.

Thank you for being involved!

Setting up a development environment

The easiest way to start, is by opening a CodeSpace here on GitHub, or by using the Dev Container feature of Visual Studio Code.

This Python project is fully managed using the Poetry dependency manager. But also relies on the use of NodeJS for certain checks during development.

You need at least:

• Python 3.12+
• Poetry
• NodeJS 18+ (including NPM)

To install all packages, including all development requirements:

npm install
poetry install

As this repository uses the pre-commit framework, all changes are linted and tested with each commit. You can run all checks and tests manually, using the following command:

poetry run pre-commit run --all-files

To run just the Python tests:

poetry run pytest

Authors & contributors

The original setup of this repository is by Erwin Douna.

For a full list of all authors and contributors, check the contributor's page.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2024 Erwin Douna

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