Bluetoothctl wrapper in Python

bluetoothctl.py

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import time
import pexpect
import subprocess
import sys
import re

class BluetoothctlError(Exception):
    """This exception is raised, when bluetoothctl fails to start."""
    pass


class Bluetoothctl:
    """A wrapper for bluetoothctl utility."""

    def __init__(self):
        out = subprocess.check_output("rfkill unblock bluetooth", shell = True)
        self.child = pexpect.spawn("bluetoothctl", echo = False)

    def get_output(self, command, pause = 0):
        """Run a command in bluetoothctl prompt, return output as a list of lines."""
        self.child.send(command + "\n")
        time.sleep(pause)
        start_failed = self.child.expect(["bluetooth", pexpect.EOF])

        if start_failed:
            raise BluetoothctlError("Bluetoothctl failed after running " + command)

        return self.child.before.split("\r\n")

    def start_scan(self):
        """Start bluetooth scanning process."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("scan on")
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None

    def make_discoverable(self):
        """Make device discoverable."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("discoverable on")
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None

    def parse_device_info(self, info_string):
        """Parse a string corresponding to a device."""
        device = {}
        block_list = ["[\x1b[0;", "removed"]
        string_valid = not any(keyword in info_string for keyword in block_list)

        if string_valid:
            try:
                device_position = info_string.index("Device")
            except ValueError:
                pass
            else:
                if device_position > -1:
                    attribute_list = info_string[device_position:].split(" ", 2)
                    device = {
                        "mac_address": attribute_list[1],
                        "name": attribute_list[2]
                    }

        return device

    def get_available_devices(self):
        """Return a list of tuples of paired and discoverable devices."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("devices")
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            available_devices = []
            for line in out:
                device = self.parse_device_info(line)
                if device:
                    available_devices.append(device)

            return available_devices

    def get_paired_devices(self):
        """Return a list of tuples of paired devices."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("paired-devices")
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            paired_devices = []
            for line in out:
                device = self.parse_device_info(line)
                if device:
                    paired_devices.append(device)

            return paired_devices

    def get_discoverable_devices(self):
        """Filter paired devices out of available."""
        available = self.get_available_devices()
        paired = self.get_paired_devices()

        return [d for d in available if d not in paired]

    def get_device_info(self, mac_address):
        """Get device info by mac address."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("info " + mac_address)
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            return out

    def get_connectable_devices(self):
        """Get a  list of connectable devices.
        Must install 'sudo apt-get install bluez blueztools' to use this"""
        try:
            res = []
            out = subprocess.check_output(["hcitool", "scan"])  # Requires 'apt-get install bluez'
            out = out.split("\n")
            device_name_re = re.compile("^\t([0-9,:,A-F]{17})\t(.*)$")
            for line in out:
                device_name = device_name_re.match(line)
                if device_name != None:
                    res.append({
                            "mac_address": device_name.group(1),
                            "name": device_name.group(2)
                        })
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            return res

    def is_connected(self):
        """Returns True if there is a current connection to any device, otherwise returns False"""
        try:
            res = False
            out = subprocess.check_output(["hcitool", "con"])  # Requires 'apt-get install bluez'
            out = out.split("\n")
            mac_addr_re = re.compile("^.*([0-9,:,A-F]{17}).*$")
            for line in out:
                mac_addr = mac_addr_re.match(line)
                if mac_addr != None:
                    res = True
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            return res

    def pair(self, mac_address):
        """Try to pair with a device by mac address."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("pair " + mac_address, 4)
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            res = self.child.expect(["Failed to pair", "Pairing successful", pexpect.EOF])
            success = True if res == 1 else False
            return success

    def remove(self, mac_address):
        """Remove paired device by mac address, return success of the operation."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("remove " + mac_address, 3)
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            res = self.child.expect(["not available", "Device has been removed", pexpect.EOF])
            success = True if res == 1 else False
            return success

    def connect(self, mac_address):
        """Try to connect to a device by mac address."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("connect " + mac_address, 2)
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            res = self.child.expect(["Failed to connect", "Connection successful", pexpect.EOF])
            success = True if res == 1 else False
            return success

    def disconnect(self, mac_address):
        """Try to disconnect to a device by mac address."""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("disconnect " + mac_address, 2)
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            res = self.child.expect(["Failed to disconnect", "Successful disconnected", pexpect.EOF])
            success = True if res == 1 else False
            return success

    def trust(self, mac_address):
        """Trust the device with the given MAC address"""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("trust " + mac_address, 4)
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None
        else:
            res = self.child.expect(["not available", "trust succeeded", pexpect.EOF])
            success = True if res == 1 else False
            return success

    def start_agent(self):
        """Start agent"""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("agent on")
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None

    def default_agent(self):
        """Start default agent"""
        try:
            out = self.get_output("default-agent")
        except BluetoothctlError, e:
            print(e)
            return None

if __name__ == "__main__":

    print("Init bluetooth...")
    bl = Bluetoothctl()
    print("Ready!")
    bl.start_scan()
    print("Scanning for 10 seconds...")
    for i in range(0, 10):
        print(i)
        time.sleep(1)

    print(bl.get_discoverable_devices())

If pairing is not working, try calling the "connect" function this will automatically try attempting to pair the device to its client. This worked for me