Bluetooth

Library for monitoring bluez over dbus.

Usage

You can browse the Bluetooth reference.

CLI

There is no CLI for this library, use the one provided by bluez.

bluetoothctl --help

Library

JavaScript

import Bluetooth from "gi://AstalBluetooth"

const bluetooth = Bluetooth.get_default()

for (const device of bluetooth.get_devices()) {
    print(device.name)
}

Python

from gi.repository import AstalBluetooth as Bluetooth

bluetooth = Bluetooth.get_default()

for device in bluetooth.get_devices():
    print(device.get_name())

Lua

local Bluetooth = require("lgi").require("AstalBluetooth")

local bluetooth = Bluetooth.get_default()

for _, d in ipairs(bluetooth.devices) do
    print(d.name)
end

Vala

// Not yet documented

Installation

1. install dependencies

Arch

sudo pacman -Syu meson vala valadoc gobject-introspection

Fedora

sudo dnf install meson vala valadoc gobject-introspection-devel

Ubuntu

sudo apt install meson valac valadoc gobject-introspection

INFO

Although bluez 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/bluetooth

3. install

meson setup --prefix /usr build
meson install -C build