quick script to control energenie equipped raspberry pi from the command line.

ener_pi.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# needs python v3 for argparse
# needs energenie module from https://pythonhosted.org/energenie/

from energenie import switch_on, switch_off
import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

# TOGGLE -u UNIT_NUMBER
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Energenie control from the command line ',epilog='must be run as root or with sudo')
# non optional, we have to have a state to send to the units
parser.add_argument("toggle", help="ON or OFF")
# optional, default is 0 which is all units
parser.add_argument("-u", "--unit", help="Unit number 1-4 or 0 (default) for all", default=0, type=int)

args = parser.parse_args()

# use str.upper to make it case insensitive.
if str.upper(args.toggle) == "ON":
        switch_on(args.unit)
elif str.upper(args.toggle) == "OFF":
        switch_off(args.unit)