diff --git a/.github/workflows/UnitTests.yml b/.github/workflows/UnitTests.yml
index a99e18c80..0f1daa48b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/UnitTests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/UnitTests.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ jobs:
       run: (cd tools; make all)
     - name: Run tools unit tests
       run: (cd tools; make run_tests)
+    - name: Build swig extension and run simple test
+      run: (cd python; make testdocker)
 
   Unit_Tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e144ed023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+# SYNOPSIS:
+#
+#   make [all]      - makes everything.
+#   make TARGET     - makes the given target.
+#   make run_tests  - makes everything and runs all test
+#   make run-%      - run specific test file (exclude .py)
+#                     replace % with given test file
+#   make clean      - removes all files generated by make.
+
+# Please tweak the following variable definitions as needed by your
+# project, except GTEST_HEADERS, which you can use in your own targets
+# but shouldn't modify.
+
+ifeq (,$(wildcard ./.dockerenv))
+SWIGTYPE = local
+else
+SWIGTYPE = global
+endif
+
+# Where to find user code.
+SRC_DIR = ../src
+
+# Where to find test code.
+TEST_DIR = ../test
+
+INCLUDES = -I$(SRC_DIR) -I$(TEST_DIR)
+DEFFLAGS = -DUNIT_TEST -DSWIGLIB
+# Flags passed to the preprocessor.
+# Set Google Test's header directory as a system directory, such that
+# the compiler doesn't generate warnings in Google Test headers.
+CPPFLAGS += -D_IR_LOCALE_=en-AU -fPIC $(DEFFLAGS)
+
+# Flags passed to the C++ compiler.
+CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wextra -pthread -std=gnu++11
+
+PYTHONINCL = $(shell python3-config --includes)
+
+objects = $(patsubst %.cpp,%,$(wildcard *.cpp))
+
+all : _irhvac.so
+
+library : $(objects)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,lib_irhvac.so -o _irhvac.so $(COMMON_OBJ)
+
+swig :	libirhvac_wrap.cxx
+ifneq (,$(wildcard /.dockerenv))
+	SWIG_LIB=$(shell realpath -qe swig-4.2.0/Lib) ./swig-4.2.0/swig $(INCLUDES) $(DEFFLAGS) -c++ -python libirhvac.i
+else
+	swig $(INCLUDES) $(DEFFLAGS) -c++ -python libirhvac.i
+endif
+
+clean :
+	rm -f  *.o *.pyc *.cxx *.cpp
+	rm -rf swig-4.2.0
+distclean :
+	rm -f  *.o *.pyc libirhvac_wrap.cxx irhvac.py _irhvac.so
+	rm -rf swig-4.2.0
+
+
+test : _irhvac.so
+	python test_lib.py
+
+docker : swig-4.2.0/swig _irhvac.so
+
+testdocker : swig-4.2.0/swig _irhvac.so
+	python test_lib.py
+
+# Keep all intermediate files.
+.SECONDARY:
+
+# All the IR protocol object files.
+PROTOCOL_OBJS = $(patsubst %.cpp,%.o,$(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/ir_*.cpp))
+PROTOCOLS = $(patsubst $(SRC_DIR)/%,%,$(PROTOCOL_OBJS))
+
+# Common object files
+COMMON_OBJ = libirhvac_wrap.o IRutils.o IRtimer.o IRsend.o IRrecv.o IRtext.o IRac.o $(PROTOCOLS)
+
+# Common dependencies
+COMMON_DEPS = $(SRC_DIR)/IRrecv.h $(SRC_DIR)/IRsend.h $(SRC_DIR)/IRtimer.h \
+              $(SRC_DIR)/IRutils.h $(SRC_DIR)/IRremoteESP8266.h \
+							 $(SRC_DIR)/IRtext.h $(SRC_DIR)/i18n.h
+# Common test dependencies
+COMMON_TEST_DEPS = $(COMMON_DEPS) $(TEST_DIR)/IRsend_test.h
+
+IRtext.o : $(SRC_DIR)/IRtext.cpp $(SRC_DIR)/IRtext.h $(SRC_DIR)/IRremoteESP8266.h $(SRC_DIR)/i18n.h $(SRC_DIR)/locale/*.h
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $(SRC_DIR)/IRtext.cpp
+
+IRutils.o : $(SRC_DIR)/IRutils.cpp $(SRC_DIR)/IRutils.h $(SRC_DIR)/IRremoteESP8266.h
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(SRC_DIR)/IRutils.cpp
+
+IRsend.o : $(SRC_DIR)/IRsend.cpp $(SRC_DIR)/IRsend.h $(SRC_DIR)/IRremoteESP8266.h
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(SRC_DIR)/IRsend.cpp
+
+IRrecv.o : $(SRC_DIR)/IRrecv.cpp $(SRC_DIR)/IRrecv.h $(SRC_DIR)/IRremoteESP8266.h $(GTEST_HEADERS)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $(SRC_DIR)/IRrecv.cpp
+
+libirhvac_wrap.o : libirhvac_wrap.cxx
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(PYTHONINCL) -c libirhvac_wrap.cxx
+
+libirhvac_wrap.cxx :
+	swig $(INCLUDES) $(DEFFLAGS) -c++ -python libirhvac.i
+
+_irhvac.so : $(COMMON_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,lib_irhvac.so -o _irhvac.so $(COMMON_OBJ)
+
+swig-4.2.0/swig :
+	curl -s -L -o - http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/swig/swig/swig-4.2.0/swig-4.2.0.tar.gz | tar xfz -
+	( cd swig-4.2.0; ./configure ; make )
+# new specific targets goes above this line
+
+$(objects) : %: $(COMMON_OBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -lpthread $^ -o $@
+
+ir_%.o : $(SRC_DIR)/ir_%.h $(SRC_DIR)/ir_%.cpp $(COMMON_DEPS) $(GTEST_HEADERS)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $(SRC_DIR)/ir_$*.cpp
+
+ir_%.o : $(SRC_DIR)/ir_%.cpp $(GTEST_HEADERS)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $(SRC_DIR)/ir_$*.cpp
+
+%.o : %.cpp $(COMMON_DEPS) $(GTEST_HEADERS)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $*.cpp
+
+%.o : $(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp $(SRC_DIR)/%.h $(COMMON_DEPS) $(GTEST_HEADERS)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $(SRC_DIR)/$*.cpp
diff --git a/python/libirhvac.i b/python/libirhvac.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f8ebe569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/libirhvac.i
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+%module (package="pyhvac") irhvac
+#define SWIGPYTHON_BUILTIN
+%include <std_string.i>
+%include "stdint.i"
+%{
+    #include <vector>
+    #include "IRac.h"
+    #include "IRremoteESP8266.h"
+    #include "IRsend.h"
+%}
+%include <std_vector.i>
+%template(VectorOfInt) std::vector<int>;
+%typemap(out) std::vector<int> (PyObject* _outer) %{
+    // Allocate a PyList object of the requested size.
+    _outer = PyList_New($1.size());
+    // Populate the PyList.  PyLong_FromLong converts a C++ "long" to a
+    // Python PyLong object.
+    for(int x = 0; x < $1.size(); x++) {
+        PyList_SetItem(_outer,x,PyLong_FromLong($1[x]));
+    }
+   $result = SWIG_Python_AppendOutput($result,_outer);
+%}
+%include <IRsend.h>
+%include <IRremoteESP8266.h>
+%include <IRac.h>
+
diff --git a/python/test_lib.py b/python/test_lib.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b346c2821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/test_lib.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import irhvac
+ac=irhvac.IRac(4)
+
+ac.next.protocol = irhvac.COOLIX
+ac.next.mode = irhvac.opmode_t_kAuto
+ac.next.degrees = 24
+ac.sendAc()
+assert ac.getTiming() == [4692, 4416, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 5244, 4692, 4416, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 1656, 552, 5244, 100000]
+print("Success!")
+
+
diff --git a/src/IRac.cpp b/src/IRac.cpp
index 571e31c8e..2e36f609c 100644
--- a/src/IRac.cpp
+++ b/src/IRac.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 #else
     using ::roundf;
 #endif
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+#include <vector>
+extern std::vector<int> timingList;
+#endif
 #include "IRsend.h"
 #include "IRremoteESP8266.h"
 #include "IRtext.h"
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@
 #ifndef UNIT_TEST
 #define OUTPUT_DECODE_RESULTS_FOR_UT(ac)
 #else
+#ifndef SWIGLIB
 /* NOTE: THIS IS NOT A DOXYGEN COMMENT (would require ENABLE_PREPROCESSING-YES)
 /// If compiling for UT *and* a test receiver @c IRrecv is provided via the
 /// @c _utReceived param, this injects an "output" gadget @c _lastDecodeResults
@@ -98,6 +103,9 @@
       }                                                         \
     }                                                           \
   }
+#else
+#define OUTPUT_DECODE_RESULTS_FOR_UT(ac)
+#endif  // SWIGLIB
 #endif  // UNIT_TEST
 
 /// Class constructor
@@ -181,6 +189,11 @@ stdAc::state_t IRac::getState(void) { return next; }
 /// @return A Ptr to a state containing the previously sent settings.
 stdAc::state_t IRac::getStatePrev(void) { return _prev; }
 
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+std::vector<int> IRac::getTiming(void) { return timingList; }
+void IRac::resetTiming(void) { timingList.clear(); }
+#endif
+
 /// Is the given protocol supported by the IRac class?
 /// @param[in] protocol The vendor/protocol type.
 /// @return true if the protocol is supported by this class, otherwise false.
diff --git a/src/IRac.h b/src/IRac.h
index e3c261d0d..8e4e13b26 100644
--- a/src/IRac.h
+++ b/src/IRac.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #else
 #include <memory>
 #endif
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+#include <vector>
+#endif
 #include "IRremoteESP8266.h"
 #include "ir_Airton.h"
 #include "ir_Airwell.h"
@@ -107,15 +110,21 @@ class IRac {
   static String swinghToString(const stdAc::swingh_t swingh);
   stdAc::state_t getState(void);
   stdAc::state_t getStatePrev(void);
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+  std::vector<int> getTiming(void);
+  void resetTiming(void);
+#endif
   bool hasStateChanged(void);
   stdAc::state_t next;  ///< The state we want the device to be in after we send
 #ifdef UNIT_TEST
+#ifndef SWIGLIB
   /// @cond IGNORE
   /// UT-specific
   /// See @c OUTPUT_DECODE_RESULTS_FOR_UT macro description in IRac.cpp
   std::shared_ptr<IRrecv> _utReceiver = nullptr;
   std::unique_ptr<decode_results> _lastDecodeResults = nullptr;
   /// @endcond
+#endif
 #else
 
  private:
diff --git a/src/IRsend.cpp b/src/IRsend.cpp
index 10e440b32..ac9e21301 100644
--- a/src/IRsend.cpp
+++ b/src/IRsend.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 #endif
 #include "IRtimer.h"
 
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+std::vector<int> timingList;
+#endif
+
 /// Constructor for an IRsend object.
 /// @param[in] IRsendPin Which GPIO pin to use when sending an IR command.
 /// @param[in] inverted Optional flag to invert the output. (default = false)
@@ -155,6 +159,11 @@ void IRsend::_delayMicroseconds(uint32_t usec) {
 /// Ref:
 ///   https://www.analysir.com/blog/2017/01/29/updated-esp8266-nodemcu-backdoor-upwm-hack-for-ir-signals/
 uint16_t IRsend::mark(uint16_t usec) {
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+  // std::cout << usec << " ";
+  timingList.push_back(usec);
+  return 1;
+#else
   // Handle the simple case of no required frequency modulation.
   if (!modulation || _dutycycle >= 100) {
     ledOn();
@@ -185,6 +194,7 @@ uint16_t IRsend::mark(uint16_t usec) {
     elapsed = usecTimer.elapsed();  // Update & recache the actual elapsed time.
   }
   return counter;
+#endif
 }
 
 /// Turn the pin (LED) off for a given time.
@@ -194,7 +204,12 @@ uint16_t IRsend::mark(uint16_t usec) {
 void IRsend::space(uint32_t time) {
   ledOff();
   if (time == 0) return;
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+  // std::cout << time << " ";
+  timingList.push_back(time);
+#else
   _delayMicroseconds(time);
+#endif
 }
 
 /// Calculate & set any offsets to account for execution times during sending.
diff --git a/src/IRsend.h b/src/IRsend.h
index 38491372a..ef1e42fc0 100644
--- a/src/IRsend.h
+++ b/src/IRsend.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 #define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
 #include <stdint.h>
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+#include <vector>
+#endif  // SWIGLIB
 #include "IRremoteESP8266.h"
 
 // Originally from https://github.com/shirriff/Arduino-IRremote/
@@ -14,8 +17,14 @@
 
 #if TEST || UNIT_TEST
 #define VIRTUAL virtual
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+#define VIRTUALMS
+#else
+#define VIRTUALMS virtual
+#endif  // SWIGLIB
 #else
 #define VIRTUAL
+#define VIRTUALMS
 #endif
 
 // Constants
@@ -43,6 +52,11 @@ const uint32_t kDefaultMessageGap = 100000;
 /// @note Not using "-1" as it may be a valid external temp
 const float kNoTempValue = -100.0;
 
+#ifdef SWIGLIB
+// Global
+extern std::vector<int> timingList;
+#endif
+
 /// Enumerators and Structures for the Common A/C API.
 namespace stdAc {
 /// Common A/C settings for A/C operating modes.
@@ -228,6 +242,7 @@ enum argo_ac_remote_model_t {
   SAC_WREM3        // (2) ARGO WREM3 remote (touch buttons), bit-len vary by cmd
 };
 
+#ifndef SWIG
 // Classes
 
 /// Class for sending all basic IR protocols.
@@ -241,8 +256,8 @@ class IRsend {
   void begin();
   void enableIROut(uint32_t freq, uint8_t duty = kDutyDefault);
   VIRTUAL void _delayMicroseconds(uint32_t usec);
-  VIRTUAL uint16_t mark(uint16_t usec);
-  VIRTUAL void space(uint32_t usec);
+  VIRTUALMS uint16_t mark(uint16_t usec);
+  VIRTUALMS void space(uint32_t usec);
   int8_t calibrate(uint16_t hz = 38000U);
   void sendRaw(const uint16_t buf[], const uint16_t len, const uint16_t hz);
   void sendData(uint16_t onemark, uint32_t onespace, uint16_t zeromark,
@@ -917,5 +932,5 @@ class IRsend {
                  const uint16_t repeat, const uint16_t freq);
 #endif  // SEND_SONY
 };
-
+#endif  // SWIG
 #endif  // IRSEND_H_