Is it possible to "rumble" a Xbox 360 controller with Python?

Question

Is it possible to "rumble" my wireless Xbox 360 controller for PC with Python? I've only found solution for reading input but I cant find information about vibration/rumble.

EDIT:

Following the code provided by @AdamRosenfield I get the following error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Usuario\Desktop\rumble.py", line 8, in <module>
    xinput = ctypes.windll.Xinput  # Load Xinput.dll
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 435, in __getattr__
    dll = self._dlltype(name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 365, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
WindowsError: [Error 126] The specified module could not be found. 

Plese note that the last error was translated from Spanish.

Answer 1

It's possible, but it's not easy. In C, you'd use the XInputSetState() function to control the rumble. To access that from Python, you'd have to either compile a Python extension written in C or use the ctypes library.

Something like this should work, though bear in mind I haven't tested this:

import ctypes

# Define necessary structures
class XINPUT_VIBRATION(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("wLeftMotorSpeed", ctypes.c_ushort),
                ("wRightMotorSpeed", ctypes.c_ushort)]

xinput = ctypes.windll.xinput1_1  # Load Xinput.dll

# Set up function argument types and return type
XInputSetState = xinput.XInputSetState
XInputSetState.argtypes = [ctypes.c_uint, ctypes.POINTER(XINPUT_VIBRATION)]
XInputSetState.restype = ctypes.c_uint

# Now we're ready to call it.  Set left motor to 100%, right motor to 50%
# for controller 0
vibration = XINPUT_VIBRATION(65535, 32768)
XInputSetState(0, ctypes.byref(vibration))

# You can also create a helper function like this:
def set_vibration(controller, left_motor, right_motor):
    vibration = XINPUT_VIBRATION(int(left_motor * 65535), int(right_motor * 65535))
    XInputSetState(controller, ctypes.byref(vibration))

# ... and use it like so
set_vibration(0, 1.0, 0.5)