yoto-api 3.1.3

A python package that makes it a bit easier to work with the yoto play API. Not associated with Yoto in any way.

yoto_api

Async Python wrapper for the Yoto API: control players, browse the card library, react to live MQTT playback events.

Get a client ID at https://yoto.dev/get-started/start-here/.

Credit

Thanks to @buzzeddesign for help sniffing the API and @fuatakgun for the original v2.x architecture (based on kia_uvo). Credit to piitaya for version 3.

Quick start

import asyncio
from yoto_api import YotoClient

async def main():
    async with YotoClient(client_id="your_client_id") as client:
        auth = await client.device_code_flow_start()
        print(auth["verification_uri_complete"])
        await client.device_code_flow_complete(auth)

        await client.refresh()
        for pid, player in client.players.items():
            print(pid, player.device.name, player.model)

        async def on_update(player):
            print(player.last_event.playback_status,
                  player.status.battery_level_percentage)

        await client.connect_events(list(client.players), on_update=on_update)
        await client.pause(next(iter(client.players)))
        await asyncio.sleep(60)
        await client.disconnect_events()

asyncio.run(main())

If you already have a refresh token:

async with YotoClient(client_id="your_client_id") as client:
    client.set_refresh_token(refresh_token)
    await client.refresh()

For consumers managing OAuth + session externally (e.g. HA core):

client = YotoClient(session=my_aiohttp_session)
client.token = Token(access_token=..., refresh_token=..., ...)
# caller owns the session — won't be closed by client.close()

Data model

YotoPlayer aggregates four typed sub-objects, one per data source:

• player.device (Device): immutable identity from /devices/mine.
• player.info (PlayerInfo): settings, mac, firmware from /config.
• player.status (PlayerStatus): runtime telemetry (battery, wifi, charging, online).
• player.last_event (PlaybackEvent): live playback state pushed via MQTT (track, position, volume).

All four are always present (default-initialised). The *_refreshed_at / last_event_received_at timestamps tell you whether data has actually been received.

Common methods

All public methods are async.

Refresh:

await client.update_player_list()           # /devices/mine
await client.update_player_info(device_id)  # /config — info + info.config
await client.update_player_status(device_id)
await client.update_library()
await client.refresh()                      # list + all info

MQTT:

await client.connect_events(player_ids, on_update=cb, on_disconnect=cb)
await client.subscribe_player_events(device_id)
await client.unsubscribe_player_events(device_id)
client.is_mqtt_connected
await client.reconnect_events()
await client.disconnect_events()

Callbacks may be sync or async.

Player commands (MQTT, ~50 ms):

await client.play_card(player_id, "card_id", chapter_key="01", track_key="01")
await client.pause(player_id)
await client.resume(player_id)
await client.stop(player_id)
await client.set_volume(player_id, 50)            # 0-100
await client.set_sleep_timer(player_id, 600)      # seconds
await client.set_ambients(player_id, 255, 0, 0)   # RGB
await client.next_track(player_id)
await client.previous_track(player_id)
await client.seek(player_id, position=30)

Settings (REST PUT):

import datetime
await client.set_player_config(
    player_id,
    day_time=datetime.time(7, 30),
    night_max_volume_limit=8,
    day_ambient_colour="#40bfd9",
    repeat_all=True,
    day_display_brightness_auto=True,  # or day_display_brightness=80
)
await client.set_alarms(player_id, alarms=[...])
await client.set_alarm_enabled(player_id, index=0, enabled=False)

JWT helpers (no API call):

from yoto_api import get_account_id, has_scope
account_id = get_account_id(client.token.access_token)
can_status = has_scope(client.token.access_token, "family:device-status:view")

Errors

All failures raise a subclass of YotoError:

from yoto_api import YotoError, AuthenticationError, YotoAPIError, YotoMQTTError

try:
    await client.refresh()
except AuthenticationError:        # token expired or invalid
    ...
except YotoAPIError as err:        # HTTP / parse error (err.status_code on 4xx/5xx)
    ...
except YotoMQTTError:              # MQTT broker / aiomqtt error
    ...
except YotoError:                  # catch-all
    ...

Migration from 2.x

See MIGRATION_3.md. Short version: YotoManager → YotoClient, flat fields on YotoPlayer → sub-objects, and every method is now async.

Development

pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements_dev.txt
python -m pytest tests/                      # unit, no creds

End-to-end tests need a .env at the repo root:

YOTO_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
YOTO_REFRESH_TOKEN=optional_refresh_token

Then:

python -m pytest tests/e2e -m e2e -s

The first run prompts for a verification URL and writes the new refresh token back to .env. -s keeps the prompt visible. E2E tests are read-only and opt-in (-m e2e).

Scripts:

python scripts/check_unmapped.py   # list API/MQTT keys we don't parse
python scripts/debug.py            # rich TUI: pick a device, watch live state
python scripts/probe_mqtt.py       # 30s MQTT capture → mqtt_probe.log

MQTT vs REST notes

• data/events is pushed in real time. Subscribe and react.
• data/status is never pushed spontaneously. The firmware responds to MQTT command/status/request within ~150ms. The REST POST /command/status is acked but doesn't trigger an MQTT push — use client.request_status_push (which routes through MQTT).
• data/status is a subset of REST device.status: powerSrc, wifiStrength, ssid, temp, upTime, utcTime, utcOffset, totalDisk are REST-only. Poll client.update_player_status() on a slower timer for those.

Other notes

Not affiliated with Yoto Play in any way.