How to set and verify v4l2-ctl parameters in Python using subprocess

def v4l2_set_parameters_once(params, device="/dev/video0"):
    """
    Given a dict of parameters:
    {
        "exposure_auto": 1,
        "exposure_absolute": 10,
    }
    this function sets those parameters using the v4l2-ctl command line executable
    """
    set_ctrl_str = ",".join([f"{k}={v}" for k,v in params.items()]) # expsosure_absolute=400,exposure_auto=1
    subprocess.check_output(["v4l2-ctl", "-d", device, f"--set-ctrl={set_ctrl_str}"])

def v4l2_get_parameters(params, device="/dev/video0"):
    """
    Query a bunch of v4l2 parameters.
    params is a list like
    [
        "exposure_auto",
        "exposure_absolute"
    ]
    
    Returns a dict of values:
    {
        "exposure_auto": 1,
        "exposure_absolute": 10,
    }
    """
    get_ctrl_str = ",".join([f"{k}" for k in params])
    out = subprocess.check_output(["v4l2-ctl", "-d", device, f"--get-ctrl={get_ctrl_str}"])
    out = out.decode("utf-8")
    result = {}
    for line in out.split("\n"):
        # line should be like "exposure_auto: 1"
        if ":" not in line:
            continue
        k, _, v = line.partition(":")
        result[k.strip()] = v.strip()
    return result

def v4l2_set_params_until_effective(params, device="/dev/video0"):
    """
    Set V4L2 params and check if they have been set correctly.
    If V4L2 does not confirm the parameters correctly, they will be set again until they have an effect
    
    params is a dict like {
        "exposure_auto": 1,
        "exposure_absolute": 10,
    }
    """
    while True:
        v4l2_set_parameters_once(params, device=device)
        result = v4l2_get_parameters(params.keys(), device=device)
        # Check if queried parameters match set parameters
        had_any_mismatch = False
        for k, v in params.items():
            if k not in result:
                raise ValueError(f"Could not query {k}")
            # Note: Values from v4l2 are always strings. So we need to compare as strings
            if str(result.get(k)) != str(v):
                print(f"Mismatch in {k} = {result.get(k)} but should be {v}")
                had_any_mismatch = True
        # Check if there has been any mismatch
        if not had_any_mismatch:
            return

v4l2_set_params_until_effective({
    "exposure_auto": 1,
    "exposure_absolute": 1000,
})