prana-local-api-client

An asynchronous Python client for the local HTTP API of Prana devices.

This library provides a small, well-documented async client to read the device state and control Prana recuperators over a local network using HTTP.

Quick links

• Installation: see the Installation section
• Quick start: see Quick example (async)
• API reference: see API / Methods

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• aiohttp

Firmware compatibility

⚠️ This client works only with Prana recuperators running firmware 47+.

To check firmware: open the Prana Online 2.0 app → press and hold the device card → About Device.

Table of contents

• Features
• Installation
• Quick example (async)
• API / Methods
• Data models
• Exceptions
• License

Features

• Fetch device information (get_device_info).
• Retrieve structured device state (get_state) as PranaState / FanState.
• Control fan speed, toggles, and brightness (set_speed, set_switch, set_brightness).
• Fully asynchronous (asyncio + aiohttp).
• Helpful model parsing (e.g., temperature reported in tenths of °C is normalized).

Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install prana-local-api-client

From a local checkout (editable, with dev extras):

pip install -e .[dev]

Quick example (async)

import asyncio
from prana_local_api_client.prana_local_api_client import PranaLocalApiClient
from prana_local_api_client.models.prana_fan_type import PranaFanType
from prana_local_api_client.models.prana_switch_type import PranaSwitchType


async def main():
    # Device IP and optional port
    async with PranaLocalApiClient("192.168.1.100", port=80) as client:
        info = await client.get_device_info()
        print("Device:", info.to_dict())

        state = await client.get_state()
        print("State:", state.to_dict())

        # NOTE: the device expects speed values scaled by 10. For example,
        # to set speed '1' pass 10, for speed '3' pass 30.
        await client.set_speed(30, fan_type=PranaFanType.EXTRACT.value)

        # Enable a switch (e.g. BOOST)
        await client.set_switch(PranaSwitchType.BOOST.value, True)

        # Set backlight brightness (0-100)
        await client.set_brightness(50)

asyncio.run(main())

API / Methods

Top-level client: PranaLocalApiClient (module: prana_local_api_client.prana_local_api_client).

• PranaLocalApiClient(host: str, port: int = 80) — create client instance.
• async with PranaLocalApiClient(...) as client: — context manager that opens/closes an aiohttp.ClientSession.
• get_device_info() -> PranaDeviceInfo — returns device info as a PranaDeviceInfo.
• get_state() -> PranaState — returns the current device state as a PranaState.
• set_speed(speed: int, fan_type: str) — set fan speed; fan_type is one of: supply, extract, bounded (10, 20, 30 ... 100).
• set_switch(switch_type: PranaSwitchType, value: bool) — toggle a switch; use PranaSwitchType values.
• set_brightness(brightness: int) — set panel/backlight brightness (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32).
• set_speed_is_on(speed_is_on: bool, fan_type: str) — enable/disable speed for a fan type.

Data models

Models are defined in prana_local_api_client.models and provide from_dict helpers:

• PranaDeviceInfo — fields: manufactureId, isValid, fwVersion, pranaModel, label.
• PranaState — contains extract, supply, bounded (FanState) plus flags and optional sensor fields (inside_temperature, outside_temperature, humidity, co2, etc.).
• FanState — speed, is_on, max_speed.

Notes on parsing

• Temperatures are often reported by the device in tenths of °C; PranaState.from_dict converts these to °C floats.
• PranaDeviceInfo.from_dict handles numeric strings and byte values for firmware/model fields.

Exceptions

Defined in prana_local_api_client.models.exceptions:

• PranaApiClientException — base exception class.
• PranaApiCommunicationError — network/timeout related errors.
• PranaApiUpdateFailed — HTTP error returned by device (status != 200).
• UpdateFailed — wrapper for higher-level update failures.
• ValueError — invalid values encountered.

Wrap client calls in try/except and handle these exceptions depending on your application needs.