First off, thanks for taking the time to contribute!
- 🔨 Set up development environment
- 💡 Adding support for new devices
- ✨ Submit your work
- 🎨 Style guidelines
- 📦️ Build a package
- 🚀 Publish a release
aiovantage uses uv to run scripts, manage virtual environments, create reproducible builds, and publish packages. Check out the uv installation guide to get started.
To set up your development environment, run the following commands:
# Create a virtual environment
uv venv
# Install development dependencies
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
If you'd like to run a command in a virtual environment with development dependencies available, prefix it with uv run
. For example,
uv run python examples/dump_system.py hostname
If you'd prefer to manage your own python environment, you can install the development dependencies manually.
# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
# Activate the virtual environment
source .venv/bin/activate
# Install development dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"
To add a new object type to an existing controller, follow these steps:
- Create a new xsdata-style
@dataclass
model insrc/aiovantage/objects/
- The new class should inherit from the appropriate subclass expected by the controller
- Your class name should match the Vantage object name if possible, otherwise use class metadata to specify the name
- Export the class in
src/aiovantage/objects/__init__.py
so it can be automatically parsed - Add the object type to the
vantage_types
tuple in the appropriate controller insrc/aiovantage/controllers/
, so we know to fetch it when populating the controller - Test that the object appears in the controller as expected
If you want to add support for a new class of device, you'll need to add a new controller. Create an issue to discuss the new controller before you start working on it.
Submit your improvements, fixes, and new features to one at a time, using GitHub Pull Requests.
Good pull requests remain focused in scope and avoid containing unrelated commits. If your contribution involves a significant amount of work or substantial changes to any part of the project, please open an issue to discuss it first to avoid any wasted or duplicate effort.
Before submitting a pull request, make sure your code follows the style guidelines. This project uses pyright for type checking, and ruff for linting and formatting.
Pull requests will trigger a CI check that blocks merging if the code does not pass the style guidelines.
If you are using vscode, you'll be prompted to install the recommended extensions when you open the workspace.
# Run type checking
uv run pyright
# Run linting
uv run ruff check
# Format code
uv run ruff format
To build the package, first update the version number:
bumpver update --patch # or --major --minor
Then build the package:
uv build
To publish the package to PyPi:
uv publish
Don't forget to create a release on GitHub!