i3pystatus

i3pystatus is a (hopefully growing) collection of python scripts for status output compatible to i3status / i3bar of the i3 window manager.

Installation

To install it, follow these steps:

cd ~/.config/i3status/
git clone git@github.com:janoliver/i3pystatus contrib
cd contrib/i3pystatus
cp __main__.py.dist __main__.py

Add the following to ~/.config/i3status/config:

general {
    output_format = "i3bar"
    colors = true
    interval = 5
}

Change your i3wm config to the following:

# i3bar
bar {
    status_command    cd ~/.config/i3status/contrib ; i3status | python -m i3pystatus
    position          top
    workspace_buttons yes
}

And finally adjust the settings in ~/.config/i3status/contrib/i3pystatus/__main__.py as you like.

Modules

battery

This class uses the /proc/acpi/battery interface to check for the battery status

• battery_ident — (default: BAT0)

clock

This class shows a clock

• format — stftime format string

mail

Generic mail checker

The backends setting determines the backends to use. Currently available are:

• backends — List of backends (instances of i3pystatus.mail.xxx)

• color — (default: #ffffff)

• color_unread — (default: #ff0000)

• format — (default: {unread} new email)

• format_plural — (default: {unread} new emails)

  Currently available backends are:

imap

This class handles IMAP mailservers. The mail server functionality is implemented in the subclass IMAP.MailServer

The servers parameter should be a list of dicts containing the following items:

• host

• port (optional, defaults to 143)

• username

• password

• ssl (optional, defaults to False)

• servers — (required)

notmuchmail

This class uses the notmuch python bindings to check for the number of messages in the notmuch database with the tags "inbox" and "unread"

• db_path — (required)

thunderbird

This class listens for dbus signals emitted by the dbus-sender extension for thunderbird.

Requires

• python-dbus
• python-gobject2

modsde

This class returns i3status parsable output of the number of unread posts in any bookmark in the mods.de forums.

• format — Use {unread} as the formatter for number of unread posts (default: {unread} new posts in bookmarks)
• offset — subtract number of posts before output
• color — (default: #7181fe)
• username — (required)
• password — (required)

regex

Simple regex file watcher

• format — format string used for output (default: {0})
• regex — (required)
• file — file to search for regex matches
• flags — Python.re flags

Contribute

To contribute a module, make sure it uses one of the Module classes. Most modules use IntervalModule, which just calls a function repeatedly in a specified interval.

The output attribute should be set to a dictionary which represents your modules output, the protocol is documented here.

Please add an example for how to configure it to __main__.py.dist. It should be a python class that can be registered with the I3statusHandler class. Also don't forget to add yourself to the LICENSE file.

Patches and pull requests are very welcome :-)