Battery

Library and CLI tool for monitoring upowerd devices.

Usage

You can browse the Battery reference.

CLI

astal-battery --help

Library

JavaScript

import Battery from "gi://AstalBattery"

const battery = Battery.get_default()

print(battery.percentage)

Python

from gi.repository import AstalBattery as Battery

battery = Battery.get_default()

print(battery.get_percentage())

Lua

local Battery = require("lgi").require("AstalBattery")

local battery = Battery.get_default()

print(battery.percentage)

Vala

// Not yet documented

Installation

1. install dependencies

   Arch

   sudo pacman -Syu meson vala valadoc json-glib gobject-introspection

   Fedora

   sudo dnf install meson vala valadoc json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel

   Ubuntu

   sudo apt install meson valac valadoc libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection

   INFO

   Although UPower is not a direct build dependency, it should be self-explanatory that the daemon is required to be available at runtime.

2. clone repo

   git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
   cd astal/lib/battery

3. install

   meson setup build
   meson install -C build