How can you extract Hardware ID using Python?

Question

How do you extract an HD and Bios Unique ID, using python script?

Answer 1

Solutions that come to my mind:

1. use Win32 Python Extensions and call Windows APIs to do that directly
2. Use a WMI-wrapper for Python

(some WMI interface code for reference)

Edit: I assumed your OS was MS Windows :)

Answer 2

Go Get Microsoft's Scriptomatic

Run it, Select the appropriate class from the dropdown (WIN32_BIOS)

It will produce the necessary Python/WMI code for you. (It will also generate VBScript, Perl, and JScript)

Answer 3

On Linux, look in the /proc directory. You'll have to parse the files to find what you are looking for.

This might help.

Answer 4

Try this library: Hardware ID Extractor

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Small description of the tool:

The Hardware ID Extractor is a Microsoft Windows program that shows data about your computer's hardware:

Hard disk:

• Hard drive ID (unique hardware serial number written in drive's IDE electronic chip)

• Partition ID (volume serial number)

CPU:

• CPU ID (unique hardware ID)
• CPU vendor
• CPU running speed
• CPU theoretic speed

Physical memory:

• Memory Load ( Total memory used in percentage (%) ) *Total Physical ( Total physical memory in bytes ) *Avail Physical ( Physical memory left in bytes ) *Total PageFile ( Total page file in bytes ) *Available PageFile( Page file left in bytes ) *Total Virtual( Total virtual memory in bytes ) *Available Virtual ( Virtual memory left in bytes )