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id: python-otbr-api
version: "2.10.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# python-otbr-api — API to interact with an OTBR via its REST API

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 111.4K/mo

## What it is and what it does

python-otbr-api is a client library for communicating with an OpenThread Border Router (OTBR) device over its REST API. It abstracts the HTTP layer and provides Python objects and methods to query device state, manage Thread network settings, and control border router behavior programmatically.

The package is built on aiohttp for async HTTP communication and includes cryptographic utilities (via cryptography and bitstruct) for handling Thread network data. It's designed for integration into larger systems that need to monitor or control Thread networks through a border router. The library requires Python >= 3.11.0 and assumes an OTBR instance is already deployed and accessible over the network.

Use it for:

- Monitor Thread network topology and device status from a Python application or automation system.
- Programmatically configure Thread network parameters on an OTBR instance.
- Integrate Thread device control into home automation platforms.
- Query OTBR diagnostics and statistics for network health monitoring or logging.
- Build custom management tools that aggregate data from Thread networks.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides a Python client to interact with an OpenThread Border Router (OTBR) via its REST API, enabling programmatic control and monitoring of Thread network devices.

Yes, if you need to control or monitor an OpenThread Border Router from Python. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive MIT license, and has no known vulnerabilities. It is narrowly focused on OTBR REST API interaction, so install only if you have an OTBR instance to communicate with; it is not a standalone Thread implementation.

## Install

pip install python-otbr-api
uv add python-otbr-api
poetry add python-otbr-api

## Installing python-otbr-api

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained with recent commits and a stable release cadence; last release was 109 days ago with repository activity as recent as 2026-07-29.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive, allowing use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions beyond attribution.

Quickstart:

pip install python-otbr-api

import aiohttp
from python_otbr_api import OTBRData

# Requires an OTBR instance running with REST API enabled
async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
    otbr = OTBRData(session, "http://otbr-host:port")
    # Interact with OTBR via REST API

Requires Python >= 3.11.0 and a running OpenThread Border Router instance with REST API enabled at a known network address.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the package supports Thread network discovery or only control of an already-configured OTBR instance
- Specific Thread protocol version or OpenThread version compatibility requirements
- Whether async operations are required or optional for typical use cases
- The default or expected network address and port for OTBR REST API communication

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 111.4K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

openthread border router client, otbr rest api python, thread network control, thread integration python, openthread device management, thread network monitoring, otbr api wrapper, thread-networking, home-automation, iot-device-control

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