soco 0.30.14
SoCo (Sonos Controller) is a simple library to control Sonos speakers.
License: MIT License
Requires Python: >=3.6

SoCo
====

SoCo (Sonos Controller) is a Python library that allows you to
control `Sonos speakers`_ programmatically. It was originally created at `Music
Hack Day Sydney`_ by `Rahim Sonawalla`_ and is now developed by a `team of
people`_ at its `GitHub repository`_

For more background on the project, please see Rahim's `blog post
<http://www.hirahim.com/blog/2012/04/29/dissecting-the-sonos-controller/>`_.

Visit the `SoCo documentation`_ for a more detailed overview of the functionailty.

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WARNING
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Sonos has changed the way music service account information is available. This means that **currently a group of music service will give authentication issues and cannot be used at all**. Known members of this group are: Google Play Music, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify and Napster.

Issue #557 is a meta issue for this problem and you can use that to track progress on solving the issues, but
*please refrain from posting "me too" comments* in there. Also, there is no need to open any more separate issue about this.
If you have another music service that should be on the list, comment in #557

**As of v0.26.0, nascent music service support has been reinstated, with some known issues. Testing and issue reporting
would be appreciated.**

Installation
------------

SoCo requires Python 3.6 or newer.

Use pip:

``pip install soco``


SoCo depends on a number of Python packages. If you use pip to install Soco,
the dependencies will be installed automatically for you. If not, you can inspect
the requirements in the `requirements.txt <https://github.com/SoCo/SoCo/blob/master/requirements.txt>`_
file.


Basic Usage
-----------

You can interact with a Sonos Zone Player through a SoCo object. If you know
the IP address of a Zone Player, you can create a SoCo object directly:

.. code:: python

    >>> from soco import SoCo
    >>> my_zone = SoCo('192.168.1.101')
    >>> my_zone.player_name
    Kitchen
    >>> my_zone.status_light = True
    >>> my_zone.volume = 6


But perhaps the easiest way is to use the module-level `discover` function.
This will find all the Zone Players on your network, and return a python
set containing them:

.. code:: python

    >>> from soco import discover
    >>> for zone in discover():
    ...        print(zone.player_name)
    Living Room
    Kitchen


If you prefer a list to a set:

.. code:: python

    >>> zone_list = list(discover())
    >>> zone_list
    [SoCo("192.168.1.101"), SoCo("192.168.1.102")]
    >>> zone_list[0].mute = True

Of course, you can also play music!

.. code:: python

    #!/usr/bin/env python
    from soco import SoCo

    if __name__ == '__main__':
        sonos = SoCo('192.168.1.102') # Pass in the IP of your Sonos speaker
        # You could use the discover function instead, if you don't know the IP

        # Pass in a URI to a media file to have it streamed through the Sonos
        # speaker
        sonos.play_uri(
            'http://ia801402.us.archive.org/20/items/TenD2005-07-16.flac16/TenD2005-07-16t10Wonderboy.mp3')

        track = sonos.get_current_track_info()

        print(track['title'])

        sonos.pause()

        # Play a stopped or paused track
        sonos.play()

Support
-------

If you need support for SoCo, feel free to post your question in the `SoCo Gitter Room <https://gitter.im/SoCo/SoCo>`_.

Example Applications
--------------------

To show off what can be made with SoCo, a simple web application is included in
the ``examples`` folder.

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   Screenshot of web app


Features
--------

SoCo supports the following controls amongst others:

-  Play, Pause, Stop
-  Next track, Previous track
-  Volume get and set
-  Mute (or unmute)
-  Get current transport information (if speaker is
   playing, paused or stopped)
-  Get information about the currently playing track

   -  Track title
   -  Artist
   -  Album
   -  Album Art (if available)
   -  Track length
   -  Duration played (for example, 30 seconds into a 3 minute song)
   -  Playlist position (for example, item 5 in the playlist)
   -  Track URI

-  Receive events when the player state changes
-  Search for and play music items:

   -  Local music library
   -  Webradio via TuneIn and music services (still unstable)
   -  Saved Sonos favorites, favorite radio stations and shows

-  Switch the speaker’s source to line-in or TV input (if the Zone Player
   supports it)
-  Manage the Sonos queue:

   -  Get the items in the queue
   -  Add items to the queue
   -  Clear the queue
   -  Play a specific song from the queue

-  Join or unjoin speakers from a group
-  Put all Sonos speakers in a network into “party mode”.

-  Get or set alarms
-  Get or set sleep timers

-  Enable or disable surround speakers or subwoofer
-  Get information regarding a home theater setup:

   - If surround speakers or a subwoofer are paired
   - Which audio channel a given speaker handles

-  Get or set the speaker’s bass and treble EQ
-  Toggle the speaker’s loudness compensation, night mode and dialog mode
-  Toggle the white status light on the unit
-  Get the speaker’s information

   -  Zone Name
   -  Zone Icon
   -  UID (usually something like RINCON\_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX)
   -  Serial Number
   -  Software version
   -  Hardware version
   -  MAC Address

-  Set the speaker’s Zone Name
-  Start a music library update and determine if one is in progress

SoCo also supports lower level access from Python to all Sonos services
(e.g. ContentDirectory or RenderingControl).


Related Projects
----------------

**Socos** is a command line tool for controlling Sonos devices. It is developed
in conjunction with Soco, but in a `separate repository <https://github.com/SoCo/socos>`_.

**SoCo-CLI** (`soco-cli <https://github.com/avantrec/soco-cli>`_) is a powerful and
fully-featured command line tool suitable for use in scripts, scheduled tasks, etc. It
supports time-based and state-based actions, and repeated commands using loops. Audio
files on the local filesystem can be played back directly on Sonos from the command line.
Multi-household Sonos systems are supported.

Older Projects
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

More of a Ruby fan? Not a problem, `Sam Soffes`_ is building out an
awesome `Ruby gem`_.

Looking for a GUI that’s more than just a sample project? `Joel
Björkman`_ is building a Sonos Controller GUI–great for folks on Linux
where there isn’t an official Sonos Controller application! Find, fork,
and contribute to it here: https://github.com/labero/SoCo-Tk.


SoCo Gitter Room
----------------

There is a `SoCo Gitter discussion room <https://gitter.im/SoCo/SoCo>`_.  Feel free to drop by for support, ideas or casual conversation related to SoCo.


License
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SoCo is released under the `MIT license`_.


.. _Sonos speakers: http://www.sonos.com/system/
.. _Music Hack Day Sydney: http://sydney.musichackday.org/2012/
.. _blog post: http://www.hirahim.com/blog/2012/04/29/dissecting-the-sonos-controller/
.. _Sam Soffes: https://github.com/soffes
.. _Ruby gem: https://github.com/soffes/sonos
.. _Joel Björkman: https://github.com/labero
.. _MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
.. _Rahim Sonawalla: https://github.com/rahims/SoCo
.. _GitHub repository: https://github.com/SoCo/SoCo
.. _team of people: https://github.com/SoCo/SoCo/blob/master/AUTHORS.rst
.. _SoCo documentation: https://soco.readthedocs.org/en/latest/