Get the boardID/deviceID of a Mac.

gistfile1.txt

import subprocess

def get_board_id():
    """Gets the local device ID on Apple Silicon Macs or the board_id of older Macs"""
    ioreg_cmd = ["/usr/sbin/ioreg", "-c", "IOPlatformExpertDevice", "-d", "2"]
    try:
        ioreg_output = subprocess.check_output(ioreg_cmd).splitlines()
        board_id = ""
        device_id = ""
        for line in ioreg_output:
            line_decoded = line.decode("utf8")
            if "board-id" in line_decoded:
                board_id = line_decoded.split("<")[-1]
                board_id = board_id[
                    board_id.find('<"') + 2 : board_id.find('">')  # noqa: E203
                ]
            elif "compatible" in line_decoded:
                device_details = line_decoded.split("<")[-1]
                device_details = device_details[
                    device_details.find("<")
                    + 2 : device_details.find(">")  # noqa: E203
                ]
                device_id = (
                    device_details.replace('","', ";").replace('"', "").split(";")[0]
                )
        if board_id:
            return board_id
        elif device_id:
            return device_id
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
        raise ReplicationError(err)

print(get_board_id())