pywalhue

A simple wrapper over pywal to integrate it with Philips Hue light system

Getting Started

How to use

Simply run pywalhue -i ~/file/path/to/image to generate a new colorscheme using pywal and trigger pywal-hue-hook to send an API request to Hue Bridge API.

You can use pywal-hue-hook directly:
Running pywal-hue-hook.py will load the background color from last theme generated by pywal and send it to Hue Bridge API.
You can also test the hook by providing a specific color in the hex format as the first argument, e.g. pywal-hue-hook.py FF00FF

Configuration

To configure the script you need to provide 2 variables in pywal-hue-hook.py file:

• BRIDGE_IP - a string specifying IP address of the bridge, e.g. '192.168.1.30'
• LIGHTS - a string or a list of strings specifying name(s) of light(s) to be used
• Optionally, you can uncomment selected line responsible for calculating brightness level based on RGB input - by default lights will be set to 100% brightness

Also, note that before first usage of the script you may need to press a bridge button to allow for registration of new API user.

Requirements

• python3
• pywal
• phue
• rgbxy

To install required modules cd into repo directory and run the following comand:

pip3 install -r requirements.py

Installation

Copy pywalhue and pywal-hue-hook.py to a directory listed in $PATH environment variable, e.g. /usr/local/bin

Demo

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