quicnz

Async Python library for the Quic broadband API.

Quic exposes an API at https://api.quic.nz/v1/ that gives customers access to their service configuration, live session data (connection status, assigned IP addresses, PPPoE/DHCP details), and a network weather map. This library wraps that API with a clean, fully-typed async interface built on aiohttp.

Home Assistant integration: A separate ha-quicnz custom integration that uses this library as a dependency is maintained at https://github.com/ageron/ha-quicnz

Disclaimer: This project is an independent, community-maintained library and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Quic Broadband / Vetta Trading Ltd in any way. Use it at your own risk.

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Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• aiohttp ≥ 3.9

Installation

pip install quicnz

Getting an API key

Log in to the Quic portal, select a service, navigate to the bottom of the page, below your product details, and you should find your API key. If the field is empty, click "Roll API Key" to generate the key.

Quick start

import asyncio
from quicnz import QuicClient

async def main():
    # api_key can also be supplied via the QUICNZ_API_KEY environment variable
    async with QuicClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") as client:
        # List all services associated with your account
        service_ids = await client.get_services()
        print("Services:", service_ids)

        # Fetch the active session for the first service
        session = await client.get_session(service_ids[0])
        print("Connected:", session.is_connected)
        print("IPv4:", session.active_ipv4_prefix)
        print("IPv6:", session.active_ipv6_prefix)
        print("LFC:", session.service.lfc)

asyncio.run(main())

Or omit api_key and set the environment variable instead:

export QUICNZ_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

async with QuicClient() as client:
    ...

Reusing an aiohttp session

If your application already manages an aiohttp.ClientSession you can pass it in to avoid creating an extra connection pool:

import aiohttp
from quicnz import QuicClient

async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as http_session:
    client = QuicClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY", session=http_session)
    session = await client.get_session("service123")

API reference

QuicClient(api_key=None, *, session=None)

Main entry point. Use as an async context manager or pass an existing aiohttp.ClientSession. If api_key is omitted, the QUICNZ_API_KEY environment variable is used. A ValueError is raised if neither is provided.

Method	Returns	Description
get_services()	list[str]	Service IDs authorised for this API key
get_session(service_id)	Session	Active session for a service
get_weathermap()	bytes	JPEG bytes of the Quic network weather map

Session

Attribute	Type	Description
status	str	e.g. "connected"
is_connected	bool	True when status == "connected"
session_type	str	"DHCP" or "PPPoE"
active_ipv4_prefix	str	Assigned IPv4 address
active_ipv4_prefix_length	int	IPv4 prefix length
active_ipv6_prefix	str	Assigned IPv6 prefix
active_ipv6_prefix_length	int	IPv6 prefix length
last_radius_update	datetime	Last RADIUS accounting update
session_expires_at	datetime	When the session expires
ppp_payload	PPPPayload | None	PPPoE session details (PPPoE only)
service	ServiceInfo	Static service configuration
created_at	datetime
updated_at	datetime

ServiceInfo

Attribute	Type	Description
username	str	PPPoE/DHCP username
lfc	str	Local Fibre Company (e.g. "Chorus")
status	str	Service status (e.g. "active")
asid	str	AS identifier
datacap	float	Data cap (0 = uncapped)
static_ipv4_prefix	str	Static IPv4 prefix (if any)
static_ipv6_prefix	str	Static IPv6 prefix (if any)
routes	list[str]	Announced routes

Exceptions

Exception	When raised
QuicAuthError	HTTP 403 – invalid or missing API key
QuicNotFoundError	HTTP 404 – resource not found
QuicAPIError	Any other HTTP error; has .status: int attribute
QuicError	Base class for all quicnz exceptions

Rate limits

The Quic API enforces a limit of 120 requests per minute. Session data is cached server-side for 5 minutes; the weather map is cached for 6 minutes.

Development

# Clone and install in editable mode with dev extras
git clone https://github.com/ageron/quicnz
cd quicnz
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Lint / type-check
ruff check src tests
mypy src

Licence

MIT