import re from ctypes import * from ctypes.util import find_library libc = cdll.LoadLibrary(find_library("c")) sysctlbyname = libc.sysctlbyname def posix_sysctlbyname(name): _len = c_uint(0) result = sysctlbyname(name,None , byref(_len), None, 0) _mem = create_string_buffer(_len.value) result = sysctlbyname(name, _mem, byref(_len), None, 0) if result != 0: raise Exception('sysctlbyname returned with error %s' % result) return _mem.value def usb_vid_pid(name): digit = (re.search(r'\d',name)).group() result = (posix_sysctlbyname(b'dev.umodem.'+bytes(digit,'ascii')+b'.%pnpinfo')).decode('ascii') items=result.split(' ') vendor=int(items[0].split('=')[1],0) product=int(items[1].split('=')[1],0) return([vendor,product])