{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/5"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides a Python interface to query and control Venstar ColorTouch WiFi thermostats via their REST API, allowing you to read sensor data, adjust setpoints, and manage operating modes.","skillfed_tags":["home-automation","iot-device-control","rest-api-client"],"use_cases":["Integrate a Venstar ColorTouch thermostat into a home automation system to read indoor/outdoor temperatures and adjust setpoints programmatically.","Build a monitoring dashboard that polls thermostat data (current temperature, humidity, runtime hours) and logs it for analysis.","Create a script to enforce away-mode scheduling or seasonal setpoint changes across one or more thermostats.","Trigger heating or cooling adjustments based on external conditions or time-based rules.","Test or validate thermostat behavior by automating mode and setpoint changes and reading the results."],"what_it_does":"venstarcolortouch is a Python client library for Venstar ColorTouch WiFi thermostats. It wraps the thermostat's REST API to let you read current temperature, humidity, and system state, adjust heating and cooling setpoints, change operating modes (heat, cool, auto, off), control the fan, and manage away/schedule settings. The library works by making HTTP requests to the thermostat at a known IP address or hostname; you provide the address when instantiating the class, call login() to verify connectivity and API version compatibility, then use update_* methods to fetch fresh data and get_* or set_* methods to read or change settings.\n\nThe package depends only on requests and installs as a pure Python wheel with no compiled dependencies. It is actively maintained and carries no known security vulnerabilities. The main limitation is that it does not implement Venstar's device discovery protocol, so you must know the thermostat's network address beforehand.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is lightweight, actively maintained, has no security vulnerabilities, and solves a specific problem\u2014controlling a Venstar ColorTouch thermostat\u2014with a straightforward API. Install it if you own or manage a ColorTouch thermostat and need programmatic control; skip it if you do not have that hardware."},"id":"venstarcolortouch","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/venstarcolortouch","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/venstarcolortouch.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/venstarcolortouch/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-05","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"venstarcolortouch","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Interface Library for Venstar ColorTouch Thermostat API v5"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":73986,"position":14895,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.22"}