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A CLI to control an Elgato Key Light
https://github.com/andornaut/keylight

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A CLI to control an Elgato Key Light

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# Keylight

A CLI to control an [Elgato Key Light](https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/key-light) for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Leverages the [pyleglight](https://gitlab.com/obviate.io/pyleglight) library.

## Requirements

* Python >= 3.6

## Installation

Keylight can be downloaded from [pypi.org](https://pypi.org/project/keylight/).

```bash
pip3 install keylight
```

## Usage

```
$ keylight --help
usage: keylight [-h] [-b BRIGHTNESS] [-c COLOR] [--host HOST] [--on | --off | --toggle]

A CLI to control an Elgato Key Light

options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-b BRIGHTNESS, --brightness BRIGHTNESS
0 <= BRIGHTNESS <= 100; Prefix with +/- to increment/decrement
-c COLOR, --color COLOR
2900 <= COLOR <= 7000; Prefix with +/- to increment/decrement
--host HOST hostname of the Key Light (omit to use auto-discovery)
--on turn the Key Light on
--off turn the Key Light off
--toggle toggle the Key Light on/off
```

### Examples

```
$ keylight --brightness 45 --color 5500 --on
Auto-discovering Key Light ...
Connected to: Elgato Light @ 192.168.1.100:9123
Brightness: 45%
Color: 5500k
Turning On

$ keylight --host=keylight --off
Connected to: Elgato Light @ keylight:9123
Turning Off
```

#### Aliases

You may find it convenient to use shell aliases:

```
alias koff='keylight --host keylight --off'
alias kon='keylight --host keylight --on'
```

Example usage:

```
# Turn on and set brightness to 20%
$ kon -b20
Connected to: Elgato Light BW42J1A06055 @ keylight:9123
Brightness: 20%
Turning On
```

## Developing

```bash
poetry shell

poetry build

poetry run keylight --on

poetry version patch
poetry publish
```