Wake-on-LAN in Python

wake_on_lan.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import socket
import struct
import sys

BROADCAST_IP = "192.168.0.255"
MAC_ADDRESS = "00:00:00:00:00:00"
WOL_PORT = 9  # 0, 7 or 9

bin_mac_address = struct.pack(
    "B" * 6,
    *(int(i, 16) for i in MAC_ADDRESS.split(":"))
)

magic_packet = "{}{}".format("\xff" * 6, bin_mac_address * 16)

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1)
sock.sendto(magic_packet, (BROADCAST_IP, WOL_PORT))
sock.close()

print("OK")