How to get the Apple computer identifiers

apple_model_identifiers.py

import argparse
import urllib.request


PAGES = (
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201862", "MacBook Air", "LAPTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201300", "MacBook Pro", "LAPTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201894", "Mac mini", "DESKTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213073", "Mac Studio", "DESKTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201634", "iMac", "DESKTOP"),
    ("https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202888", "Mac Pro", "DESKTOP"),
)


def get_page_content(url):
    f = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
    return f.read().decode("utf-8")


def extract_model_identifiers(content):
    for line in content.splitlines():
        if "Model Identifier" not in line:
            continue
        line = line.split(":")[1].strip()
        line = line.replace("<br>", "")
        line = line.strip()
        line = line.replace("&nbsp;", ";")  # Robust split
        line = line.replace(", ", ";")  # Robust split v2
        for model_identifier in line.split(";"):
            model_identifier = model_identifier.strip(", ")
            if model_identifier:
                yield model_identifier


def pretty_print(model, machine_type, model_identifiers):
    print(model, "-", machine_type.title())
    for model_identifier in model_identifiers:
        print(" -", model_identifier)


def quick_and_dirty_header_print():
    print("Model,Type,Identifier")


def quick_and_dirty_csv_print(model, machine_type, model_identifiers):
    for model_identifier in model_identifiers:
        print(f'{model},{machine_type},"{model_identifier}"')


def get_all_model_identifiers(args):
    if args.csv:
        quick_and_dirty_header_print()
    for url, model, machine_type in PAGES:
        content = get_page_content(url)
        model_identifiers = list(extract_model_identifiers(content))
        model_identifiers.sort()
        if not args.csv:
            pretty_print(model, machine_type, model_identifiers)
        else:
            quick_and_dirty_csv_print(model, machine_type, model_identifiers)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("apple_model_identifiers.py")
    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
    group.add_argument('-p', '--pretty', action='store_true', help='Pretty print')
    group.add_argument('-c', '--csv', action='store_true', help='CSV output')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    get_all_model_identifiers(args)

output_20230303.csv

output_20230303.txt

MacBook Air - Laptop
 - Mac14,2
 - MacBookAir10,1
 - MacBookAir2,1
 - MacBookAir3,1
 - MacBookAir3,2
 - MacBookAir4,1
 - MacBookAir4,2
 - MacBookAir5,1
 - MacBookAir5,2
 - MacBookAir6,1
 - MacBookAir6,1
 - MacBookAir6,2
 - MacBookAir6,2
 - MacBookAir7,1
 - MacBookAir7,2
 - MacBookAir7,2
 - MacBookAir8,1
 - MacBookAir8,2
 - MacBookAir9,1
MacBook Pro - Laptop
 - Mac14,10
 - Mac14,5
 - Mac14,6
 - Mac14,7
 - Mac14,9
 - MacBookPro10,1
 - MacBookPro10,1
 - MacBookPro10,2
 - MacBookPro10,2
 - MacBookPro11,1
 - MacBookPro11,1
 - MacBookPro11,2
 - MacBookPro11,2
 - MacBookPro11,3
 - MacBookPro11,3
 - MacBookPro11,4
 - MacBookPro11,5
 - MacBookPro12,1
 - MacBookPro13,1
 - MacBookPro13,2
 - MacBookPro13,3
 - MacBookPro14,1
 - MacBookPro14,2
 - MacBookPro14,3
 - MacBookPro15,1
 - MacBookPro15,1
 - MacBookPro15,2
 - MacBookPro15,2
 - MacBookPro15,3
 - MacBookPro15,4
 - MacBookPro16,1
 - MacBookPro16,2
 - MacBookPro16,3
 - MacBookPro16,4
 - MacBookPro17,1
 - MacBookPro18,1
 - MacBookPro18,2
 - MacBookPro18,3
 - MacBookPro18,4
 - MacBookPro4,1
 - MacBookPro4,1
 - MacBookPro5,1
 - MacBookPro5,2
 - MacBookPro5,2
 - MacBookPro5,3
 - MacBookPro5,3
 - MacBookPro5,5
 - MacBookPro6,1
 - MacBookPro6,2
 - MacBookPro7,1
 - MacBookPro8,1
 - MacBookPro8,1
 - MacBookPro8,2
 - MacBookPro8,2
 - MacBookPro8,3
 - MacBookPro8,3
 - MacBookPro9,1
 - MacBookPro9,2
Mac mini - Desktop
 - Mac14,12
 - Mac14,3
 - Macmini3,1
 - Macmini3,1
 - Macmini4,1
 - Macmini5,1
 - Macmini5,2
 - Macmini6,1
 - Macmini6,2
 - Macmini7,1
 - Macmini8,1
 - Macmini9,1
Mac Studio - Desktop
 - Mac13,1
 - Mac13,2
iMac - Desktop
 - iMac10,1
 - iMac10,1
 - iMac11,2
 - iMac11,3
 - iMac12,1
 - iMac12,2
 - iMac13,1
 - iMac13,2
 - iMac14,1
 - iMac14,2
 - iMac14,4
 - iMac15,1
 - iMac15,1
 - iMac16,1
 - iMac16,2
 - iMac17,1
 - iMac18,1
 - iMac18,2
 - iMac18,3
 - iMac19,1
 - iMac19,2
 - iMac20,1
 - iMac20,2
 - iMac21,1
 - iMac21,2
 - iMac9,1
 - iMac9,1
 - iMacPro1,1
Mac Pro - Desktop
 - MacPro4,1
 - MacPro5,1
 - MacPro5,1
 - MacPro5,1
 - MacPro5,1
 - MacPro6,1
 - MacPro7,1
 - MacPro7,1