Apple computer / model identifiers model id models ID IDENTIFIERS APPLE mac MacPro script parse download output

20250227_output.csv

apple_model_identifiers.py

import argparse
import re
import urllib.request


MODEL_IDENTIFIER_RE = re.compile(r"i?[A-Z][a-zA-Z]+[0-9]{1,2},[0-9]{1,2}")


PAGES = (
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201862", "MacBook Air", "LAPTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201300", "MacBook Pro", "LAPTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201894", "Mac mini", "DESKTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213073", "Mac Studio", "DESKTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201634", "iMac", "DESKTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202888", "Mac Pro", "DESKTOP"),
)


def get_page_content(url):
    f = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
    return f.read().decode("utf-8")


def extract_model_identifiers(content):
    for line in content.splitlines():
        if "Model Identifier" not in line:
            continue
        for match in MODEL_IDENTIFIER_RE.findall(line):
            yield match


def pretty_print(model, machine_type, model_identifiers):
    print(model, "-", machine_type.title())
    for model_identifier in model_identifiers:
        print(" -", model_identifier)


def quick_and_dirty_header_print():
    print("Model,Type,Identifier")


def quick_and_dirty_csv_print(model, machine_type, model_identifiers):
    for model_identifier in model_identifiers:
        print(f'{model},{machine_type},"{model_identifier}"')


def get_all_model_identifiers(args):
    if args.csv:
        quick_and_dirty_header_print()
    aggs = []
    for url, model, machine_type in PAGES:
        content = get_page_content(url)
        model_identifiers = list(extract_model_identifiers(content))
        model_identifiers.sort()
        if args.pretty:
            pretty_print(model, machine_type, model_identifiers)
        elif args.csv:
            quick_and_dirty_csv_print(model, machine_type, model_identifiers)
        elif args.ztl:
            for model_identifier in model_identifiers:
                aggs.append((model_identifier, machine_type))
    if aggs:
        aggs.sort(key=lambda k: (-1*len(k[0]), k[0].lower()))
        for model_identifier, machine_type in aggs:
            print(f"    ('{model_identifier.lower()}', {machine_type}),")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("apple_model_identifiers.py")
    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
    group.add_argument('-z', '--ztl', action='store_true', help='Zentral output')
    group.add_argument('-p', '--pretty', action='store_true', help='Pretty print')
    group.add_argument('-c', '--csv', action='store_true', help='CSV output')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    get_all_model_identifiers(args)