Python implementation for Source servers, RCON, A2S, VDF, the Steam Web API and various other Valve products and services.
Project description
Python-valve
Python-valve is a Python library which intends to provide an all-in-one interface to various Valve products and services, including:
Source servers
A2S server queries
RCON
Source master server
Steam web API
Local Steam Clients
Valve Data Format/KeyValues (.vdf)
To get started, install Python-valve with pip: pip install python-valve.
RCON Example
In this example we connect to a Source servers remote console and issue a simple echo command to it.
from valve.source.rcon import RCON
SERVER_ADDRESS = ("...", 27015)
PASSWORD = "top_secret"
with RCON(SERVER_ADDRESS, PASSWORD) as rcon:
print(rcon("echo Hello, world!"))
Server Query Example
In this example we demonstrate the Source master server and A2S query implementations by listing all Team Fortress 2 servers in Europe and Asia running the map ctf_2fort, along with the players on each server sorted by their score.
import valve.source
import valve.source.a2s
import valve.source.master_server
with valve.source.master_server.MasterServerQuerier() as msq:
try:
for address in msq.find(region=[u"eu", u"as"],
gamedir=u"tf",
map=u"ctf_2fort"):
with valve.source.a2s.ServerQuerier(address) as server:
info = server.info()
players = server.players()
print("{player_count}/{max_players} {server_name}".format(**info))
for player in sorted(players["players"],
key=lambda p: p["score"], reverse=True):
print("{score} {name}".format(**player))
except valve.source.NoResponseError:
print "Master server request timed out!"
Versioning
Python-valve uses Semantic Versioning. At this time, Python-valve is yet to reach its 1.0 release. Hence, every minor version should be considered to potentially contain breaking changes. Hence, when specifying Python-valve as a requirement, either in setup.py or requirements.txt, it’s advised to to pin the specific minor version. E.g. python-valve==0.2.0.
Testing
Python-valve uses Pytest for running its test suite. Unit test coverage is always improving. There are also functional tests included which run against real Source servers.
If working on Python-valve use the following to install the test dependencies and run the tests:
pip install -e .[test]
py.test tests/ --cov valve/
Documentation
Documentation is written using Sphinx and is hosted on Read the Docs.
If working on Python-valve use the following to install the documentation dependencies, build the docs and then open them in a browser.
pip install -e .[docs]
(cd docs/ && make html)
xdg-open docs/_build/html/index.html
Python 2
Python-valve supports Python 2.7! However, it’s important to bare in mind that Python 2.7 will not be maintained past 2020. Python-valve may drop support for Python 2.7 in a future major release before 2020 in order to make use of new, non-backwards compatible Python 3 features.
It’s strongly encouraged that new Python-valve projects use Python 3.
Trademarks
Valve, the Valve logo, Half-Life, the Half-Life logo, the Lambda logo, Steam, the Steam logo, Team Fortress, the Team Fortress logo, Opposing Force, Day of Defeat, the Day of Defeat logo, Counter-Strike, the Counter-Strike logo, Source, the Source logo, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Portal, the Portal logo, Dota, the Dota 2 logo, and Defense of the Ancients are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Valve Corporation.
Any reference to these are purely for the purpose of identification. Valve Corporation is not affiliated with Python-valve or any Python-valve contributors in any way.