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#!/usr/bin/python3
# Import PyGObject
# PyGObject is a Python package which provides bindings for GObject based libraries such as GTK, GStreamer, WebKitGTK, GLib, GIO and many more.
from gi import require_version
# for arguments
from sys import argv
from os import geteuid
if geteuid() != 0:
exit("You need to have root privileges to run this script.\nPlease try again, this time using 'sudo'. Exiting.")
# Load FPrint gi module
require_version('FPrint', '2.0')
# Import FPrint
from gi.repository import FPrint
# Get FPrint Context
fprint_context = FPrint.Context()
# Loop over FPrint devices
for fprint_device in fprint_context.get_devices():
# Print device info
print(fprint_device)
print(fprint_device.get_driver())
print(fprint_device.props.device_id)
# Open the device synchronously.
fprint_device.open_sync()
# Get list of enrolled prints
enrolled_fingerprints = fprint_device.list_prints_sync()
print("Device has %d enrolled fingerprints." % len(enrolled_fingerprints))
# Loop through enrolled fingerprints
for fingerprint in enrolled_fingerprints:
# Print fingerprint info
date = fingerprint.props.enroll_date
print(' %04d-%02d-%02d valid: %d' % (date.get_year(), date.get_month(), date.get_day(), date.valid()))
print(' ' + str(fingerprint.props.finger))
print(' ' + str(fingerprint.props.username))
print(' ' + str(fingerprint.props.description))
# check for delete flag
if (len(argv) > 1 and argv[1] == "-d"):
# Delete print
print('Deleting print:')
fprint_device.delete_print_sync(fingerprint)
print('Deleted')
# Close the device synchronously.
fprint_device.close_sync()
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