Finding Bluetooth low energy with python

Question

Is it possible for this code to be modified to include Bluetooth Low Energy devices as well? https://code.google.com/p/pybluez/source/browse/trunk/examples/advanced/inquiry-wit

Answer 1

You could also try pygattlib. It can be used to discover devices, and (currently) there is a basic support for reading/writing characteristics. No RSSI for now.

You could discover using the following snippet:

from gattlib import DiscoveryService

service = DiscoveryService("hci0")
devices = service.discover(2)

DiscoveryService accepts the name of the device, and the method discover accepts a timeout (in seconds) for waiting responses. devices is a dictionary, with BL address as keys, and names as values.

pygattlib is packaged for Debian (or Ubuntu), and also available as a pip package.