Read Salt Master event bus in python

send event

sudo salt-call event.fire_master 'datatuff' 'testtag'

view_events.py

import salt.config                                                              
import salt.utils.event                                                         
from pprint import pprint                                                       
                                                                                
opts = salt.config.client_config('/etc/salt/master')                            
                                                                                
event = salt.utils.event.get_event(                                             
        'master',                                                               
        sock_dir=opts['sock_dir'],                                              
        transport=opts['transport'],                                            
        opts=opts)                                                              
                                                                                
for item in event.iter_events(tag='testtag'):                                   
    pprint(item)