#nest_thermostat
a Python interface for the Nest Thermostat
fork of pynest by Scott M Baker, [email protected], http://www.smbaker.com/
##Installation
[sudo] pip install nest-thermostat
##Usage
Module
You can import the module as nest_thermostat. Use the source, luke!
Tips: you need to manually call .login() first, and .get_status() before .show_*()
Command line
syntax: nest.py [options] command [command_args]
options:
--user <username> ... username on nest.com
--password <password> ... password on nest.com
--celsius ... use celsius (the default is farenheit)
--serial <number> ... optional, specify serial number of nest to use
--index <number> ... optional, 0-based index of nest
(use --serial or --index, but not both)
commands:
temp <temperature> ... set target temperature
fan [auto|on] ... set fan state
mode [cool|heat|range|off] ... set fan state
away ... toggle away
show ... show everything
curtemp ... print current temperature
curhumid ... print current humidity
curmode ... print current mode
examples:
nest.py --user [email protected] --password swordfish temp 73
nest.py --user [email protected] --password swordfish fan auto
Chris Burris's Siri Nest Proxy was very helpful to learn the Nest's authentication and some bits of the protocol.