Bose Soundtouch Python library

This Python 2.7+/3.4+ library allows you to control Bose Soundtouch devices.

This is a fork of https://github.com/CharlesBlonde/libsoundtouch which is no longer maintained.

http://libsoundtouch.readthedocs.io

How to use it ?

pip install libsoundtouch

from libsoundtouch import discover_devices

devices = discover_devices(timeout=2)


for device in devices:
    print(device.config.name + " - " + device.config.type)

from libsoundtouch import soundtouch_device
from libsoundtouch.utils import Source, Type

device = soundtouch_device('192.168.1.1')
device.power_on()

# Config object
print(device.config.name)

# Status object
# device.status() will do an HTTP request. Try to cache this value if needed.
status = device.status()
print(status.source)
print(status.artist+ " - "+ status.track)
device.pause()
device.next_track()
device.play()

# Media Playback
# device.play_media(source, location, account, media_type) #account and media_type are optionals
device.play_media(Source.INTERNET_RADIO, '4712') # Studio Brussel
spot_user_id = '' # Should be filled in with your Spotify userID
# This userID can be found by playing Spotify on the connected SoundTouch speaker, and calling
# device.status().content_item.source_account
device.play_media(Source.SPOTIFY, 'spotify:track:5J59VOgvclrhLDYUoH5OaW', spot_user_id) # Bazart - Goud
# Local music (Windows media player, Itunes)
# Account ID can be found by playing local music on the connected Soundtouch speaker, and calling
# device.status().content_item.source_account
account_id = device.status().content_item.source_account
device.play_media(Source.LOCAL_MUSIC, 'album:1', account_id, Type.ALBUM)

# Snapshot current playing
device.snapshot()

# Select AUX input
device.select_source_aux()
# Select Bluetooth input
device.select_source_bluetooth()

# Restore previous snapshot
device.restore()

# Play URL
device.play_url('http://fqdn/file.mp3')

# Volume object
# device.volume() will do an HTTP request. Try to cache this value if needed.
volume = device.volume()
print(volume.actual)
print(volume.muted)
device.set_volume(30) # 0..100

# Presets object
# device.presets() will do an HTTP request. Try to cache this value if needed.
presets = device.presets()
print(presets[0].name)
print(presets[0].source)
# Play preset 0
device.select_preset(presets[0])

# ZoneStatus object
# device.zone_status() will do an HTTP request. Try to cache this value if needed.
zone_status = device.zone_status()
print(zone_status.master_id)
print(len(zone_status.slaves))

Supported features

Basics commands

• Discovery
• power on/power off
• play/pause
• next/previous track
• volume setting (mute/set volume/volume up/volume down)
• repeat one/all/off
• shuffle on/off
• select AUX/Bluetooth inputs
• select preset (bookmark)
• playback selected music
• allow snapshot and restore playing content
• play HTTP URL (HTTPS not supported)
• Websockets notification

Multi-room

Soundtouch devices supports multi-room features called zones.

from libsoundtouch import soundtouch_device

master = soundtouch_device('192.168.18.1')
slave1 = soundtouch_device('192.168.18.2')
slave2 = soundtouch_device('192.168.18.3')

# Create a new zone
master.create_zone([slave1, slave2])

# Remove a slave
master.remove_zone_slave([slave2])

# Add a slave
master.add_zone_slave([slave2])

Websocket

Soundtouch devices support Websocket notifications in order to prevent pulling and to get immediate updates.

from libsoundtouch import soundtouch_device
import time

# Events listeners

# Volume updated
def volume_listener(volume):
    print(volume.actual)

# Status updated
def status_listener(status):
    print(status.track)

# Presets updated
def preset_listener(presets):
    for preset in presets:
        print(preset.name)

# Zone updated
def zone_status_listener(zone_status):
    if zone_status:
        print(zone_status.master_id)
    else:
        print('no Zone')
        
device = soundtouch_device('192.168.18.1')

device.add_volume_listener(volume_listener)
device.add_status_listener(status_listener)
device.add_presets_listener(preset_listener)
device.add_zone_status_listener(zone_status_listener)

# Start websocket thread. Not started by default
device.start_notification()

time.sleep(600)  # Wait for events

Full documentation

http://libsoundtouch.readthedocs.io

Incoming features

The following features are not yet implemented:

• Better error management
• Bass configuration

Access to the official API documentation

For an unknown reason, the API documentation is not freely available but you can request to get it: http://developers.bose.com/. You have to sent an email and you'll received a response in a minute with 2 PDF:

• SoundTouchAPI_Discovery.pdf: How to use SSDP and MDNS discovery protocols
• SoundTouchAPI_WebServices.pdf: REST API documentation. Be careful, the documentation contains errors and is not fully up to date

Changelog

0.8.1 - 2022/05/01

• Add additional sources (ALEXA, TUNEIN, UPNP)

0.8.0 - 2018/02/11

• Fix: New API content with latest firmware
• Fix: Device names with UTF-8 characters
• Allow to select AUX/Bluetooth inputs
• Add snapshotting/restore feature

0.7.2 - 2017/07/05

• Add missing template

0.7.1 - 2017/07/05

• Remove debugging (print) |

0.7.0 - 2017/07/05

• Add play_url method to play an HTTP URL (HTTPS not supported)

0.6.2 - 2017/06/21

• Fix websocket source status in messages

0.6.1 - 2017/06/19

• Use enum-compat instead of enum34 directly

0.6.0 - 2017/06/17

• Add discovery (mDNS) support

0.5.0 - 2017/05/28

• Add Websocket support

0.4.0 - 2017/05/21

• Add Bluetooth source

0.3.0 - 2017/04/09

• Fix issue with non ASCII characters
• Allow playing local computer media

0.2.2 - 2017/02/07

• Fix status with non ascii characters in Python 2.7

0.2.1 - 2017/02/05

• Fix dependencies

0.2.0 - 2017/02/05

• Add play_media support

0.1.0 - 2016/11/20

• Initial release

Contributors

Thanks to:

• jeanregisser (Use enum-compat instead of enum34 directly)
• Tyzer34 (add play_media support)
• wanderor (add local computer media support)
• obadz (add Bluetooth source)
• luca-angemi (Fix new firmware error)
• vanto (Fix device names with UTF-8 characters)