Mac Hardware Info

hardware.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# Use system_profiler output in XML to get information about Mac hardware


import plistlib
import subprocess

cmd = ['system_profiler', '-xml', 'SPHardwareDataType']

(results, error) = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                    stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()

hardware = plistlib.readPlistFromString(results)[0]['_items'][0]

serial_no = hardware['serial_number']
platform_uuid = hardware['platform_UUID']
machine_model = hardware['machine_model']

print serial_no
print platform_uuid
print machine_model

print 'Available keys: %s' % hardware.keys()