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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.

sh
bluetoothctl --help

Library ​

js
import Bluetooth from "gi://AstalBluetooth"

const bluetooth = Bluetooth.get_default()

for (const device of bluetooth.get_devices()) {
    print(device.name)
}
py
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
var bluetooth = AstalBluetooth.get_default();

foreach (var device in bluetooth.get_devices()) {
    print("%s\n", device.name);
}

Installation ​

  1. install dependencies

    sh
    sudo pacman -Syu meson vala valadoc gobject-introspection
    sh
    sudo dnf install meson vala valadoc gobject-introspection-devel
    sh
    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

    sh
    git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
    cd astal/lib/bluetooth
  3. install

    sh
    meson setup build
    meson install -C build

Released under the LGPL v2.1 License