Equivalent for 'xinput --set-prop' in libevdev?

I'm working on a tool which monitors evdev events on a Linux tablet and replays them on a host machine on a virtual evdev device created with libevdev.

I'm currently subprocessing to xinput to configure the virtual device (coordinate scaling, orientation etc.).

Can I replace these xinput commands with libevdev calls?

current code example:

device = libevdev.Device()

# Set device properties to emulate those of Wacom tablets
device.name = 'reMarkable pen'
device.id = {
    'bustype': 0x03, # usb
    'vendor': 0x056a, # wacom
    'product': 0,
    'version': 54
}

...

result = subprocess.run(
    'xinput --set-prop "reMarkable pen stylus" "Wacom Rotation" 0',
    capture_output=True,
    shell=True
)
if result.returncode != 0:
    print("Error setting orientation: %s", result.stderr.decode('utf8'))