Get MacOS mic status

micstatus.py

import time
import requests
import atomacos

sysui = atomacos.getAppRefByBundleId('com.apple.controlcenter')
hass_api_url = "https://hassio.ov1d1u.net/api/webhook/<webhook_id>"

state = { "incall": False }

while True:
    elems = [elem for elem in sysui.findAllR() if 'AXDescription' in elem.getAttributes()]
    descs = [elem for elem in elems if 'Microphone' in elem.AXDescription.split() and 'use' in elem.AXDescription.split()]
    is_mic_on = bool(descs)

    new_state = { "incall": is_mic_on }

    if new_state != state:
        try:
            r = requests.post(hass_api_url, json=new_state)
            print("response:", r.text)
        except:
            pass
        state = new_state
    time.sleep(0.16)

net.ov1d1u.pyhton.micpixel.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>net.ov1d1u.pyhton.micstatus</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/bin/python3/python3</string>
        <string>/Users/ovidiu/Projects/micstatus.py</string>
    </array>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/tmp/python_script.error</string>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/tmp</string>
</dict>
</plist>

template.yaml

  - trigger:
      - platform: webhook
        webhook_id: <webhook_id>
    binary_sensor:
      - name: "In Call"
        unique_id: fccb4eb1-5dd2-4d83-a15b-0abff69612c6
        state: "{{ trigger.json.incall }}"

is this working for you in OSX 13.5.2?

Seems that it still working. If it doesn't work for you, add this at line 12 (after the line with elems = ....):

[print(elem.AXDescription) for elem in elems]

Then run the script in Terminal and see what the accessibility description you get when the microphone is in use.

Sorry, but I am new to running python3 as a daemon, and when running the script with launchctl, it isn't loading the modules. How do I correct that? It works great when run by the user.

I installed both modules using

python3 -m pip install

UPDATE:
I forgot to use the Homebrew path for python3. All is working fine now.

Thank you so much for posting this!

This is very useful, thank you for this gist.

Has anybody seen a memory leak by running this for long periods (as intended)?

macOS 13.5.2 (22G91) on an Apple M1 iMac.