Indevolt API

Python client library for communicating with Indevolt devices (home battery systems).

Features

• Async/await support using aiohttp
• Fully typed with type hints
• Simple and intuitive API
• Comprehensive error handling

Installation

pip install indevolt-api

Quick Start

import asyncio
import aiohttp
from indevolt_api import IndevoltAPI

async def main():
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        api = IndevoltAPI(host="192.168.1.100", port=8080, session=session)

        # Get device configuration
        config = await api.get_config()
        print(f"Device config: {config}")

        # Fetch data from specific cJson points
        data = await api.fetch_data(["7101", "1664"])
        print(f"Data: {data}")

        # Write data (single data point) to device
        response = await api.set_data("1142", 50)
        print(f"Set data response: {response}")

        # Write data (multiple data points) to device
        response = await api.set_data("47015", [2, 700, 5])
        print(f"Set data response: {response}")

asyncio.run(main())

Device Discovery

The library supports automatic discovery of Indevolt devices on your local network using UDP broadcast.

Quick Discovery Example

import asyncio
import aiohttp
from indevolt_api import async_discover, IndevoltAPI

async def main():
    # Discover devices on the network (overrides default 5-second timeout)
    devices = await async_discover(timeout=3.0)

    if not devices:
        print("No devices found")
        return

    print(f"Found {len(devices)} device(s):")
    for device in devices:
        print(f"  - {device.host}:{device.port} (name: {device.name})")

    # Connect to the first discovered device
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        api = IndevoltAPI.from_discovered_device(devices[0], session)
        config = await api.get_config()
        print(f"Device config: {config}")

asyncio.run(main())

Discovery Details

The discovery mechanism:

1. Sends AT command AT+IGDEVICEIP via UDP broadcast to 255.255.255.255:8099
2. Indevolt devices on the same network respond to local port 10000 with their IP
3. Returns a list of DiscoveredDevice objects with device information

Note: Ensure your device and computer are on the same local network and that UDP port 10000 is available.

API Reference

IndevoltAPI

__init__(host: str, port: int, session: aiohttp.ClientSession, timeout: float = 10.0)

Initialize the API client.

Parameters:

• host (str): Device hostname or IP address
• port (int): Device port number (typically 80 or 8080)
• session (aiohttp.ClientSession): An aiohttp client session
• timeout (float): Request timeout in seconds (default: 10.0)

Example:

# Default 10-second timeout (recommended for local devices)
api = IndevoltAPI(host="192.168.1.100", port=8080, session=session)

# Custom timeout
api = IndevoltAPI(host="192.168.1.100", port=8080, session=session, timeout=15.0)

classmethod from_discovered_device(device: DiscoveredDevice, session: aiohttp.ClientSession, timeout: float = 10.0)

Create an API client from a discovered device.

Parameters:

• device (DiscoveredDevice): A device object returned by async_discover()
• session (aiohttp.ClientSession): An aiohttp client session
• timeout (float): Request timeout in seconds (default: 10.0)

Returns:

• IndevoltAPI instance configured for the discovered device

Example:

devices = await async_discover()
if devices:
    api = IndevoltAPI.from_discovered_device(devices[0], session)

async fetch_data(t: str | list[str]) -> dict[str, Any]

Fetch data from the device.

Parameters:

• t: Single cJson point or list of cJson points to retrieve (e.g., "7101" or ["7101", "1664"])

Returns:

• Dictionary with device response containing cJson point data

Example:

# Single point
data = await api.fetch_data("7101")

# Multiple points
data = await api.fetch_data(["7101", "1664", "7102"])

async set_data(t: str | int, v: Any) -> bool

Write data to the device.

Parameters:

• t: cJson point identifier (e.g., "47015" or 47015)
• v: Value(s) to write (automatically converted to list of integers)

Returns:

• True on success, false otherwhise

Example:

# Single value
await api.set_data("47016", 100)

# Multiple values
await api.set_data("47015", [2, 700, 5])

# String or int identifiers
await api.set_data(47016, "100")

async get_config() -> dict[str, Any]

Get system configuration from the device.

Returns:

• Dictionary with device system configuration

Example:

config = await api.get_config()
print(config)

async_discover(timeout: float = 5.0) -> list[DiscoveredDevice]

Discover Indevolt devices on the local network using UDP broadcast.

Parameters:

• timeout (float): Discovery timeout in seconds (default: 5.0 for local discovery)

Returns:

• List of DiscoveredDevice objects representing found devices

Example:

devices = await async_discover(timeout=3.0)
for device in devices:
    print(f"Found: {device.host}:{device.port}")

DiscoveredDevice

Represents a discovered Indevolt device with the following attributes:

Attributes:

• host (str): Device IP address
• port (int): Device port number (default: 8080)
• name (str | None): Device name if provided in discovery response
• metadata (dict): Additional device information from discovery response

Example:

device = devices[0]
print(f"Device at {device.host}:{device.port}")
if device.name:
    print(f"Name: {device.name}")

Exception Handling

The library provides two custom exceptions:

APIException

Raised when there's a client error during API communication (network errors, HTTP errors).

TimeOutException

Raised when an API request times out (default timeout: 10 seconds).

Example:

from indevolt_api import IndevoltAPI, APIException, TimeOutException

try:
    data = await api.fetch_data("7101")
except TimeOutException:
    print("Request timed out")
except APIException as e:
    print(f"API error: {e}")

Note: You can adjust the timeout when creating the API client:

# Increase timeout if needed (e.g., for slower networks)
api = IndevoltAPI(host="192.168.1.100", port=8080, session=session, timeout=10.0)

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• aiohttp >= 3.9.0

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details