README.md

python-touch-id

Access the Touch ID sensor from Python

Install

$ pip install touchid

Usage

import touchid

success = touchid.authenticate()

API

touchid.is_available()

Check whether Touch ID is available on the current machine

touchid.authenticate(reason='authenticate via Touch ID')

Authenticate via Touch ID.
This method returns a bool determining whether the Touch ID authentication completed successfully. If the user cancels the authentication, this method will raise an Exception

License

MIT © Lukas Kollmer