Document how to get the API Server to work

probonopd commented 3 years ago

Apparently this plugin needs an "API Server".

How to install that API Server on a ARM-powered KODI "TV box"?

It would be nice if it would at least give some hints where to get that "API Server" from. Without one, the plugin seems not to be usable.

probonopd commented 3 years ago

Is https://github.com/lbryio/lbrytv the one?

Downloaded and built it with go, but then?

FreeBSD% /home/liveuser/go/bin/lbrytv 
{"buildCommit":"unknown","buildDate":"unknown","buildVersion":"unknown","level":"info","logLevel":"info","mode":"production","msg":"standard logger configured"}
{"level":"info","module":"monitor","msg":"sentry disabled (no DSN configured)"}
{"dsn":"postgres://lbrytv:lbrytv@localhost/lbrytv?sslmode=disable","level":"info","module":"storage","msg":"connecting to the DB"}
{"dsn":"postgres://lbrytv:lbrytv@localhost/lbrytv?sslmode=disable","level":"info","module":"storage","msg":"DB connection failed"}
panic: dial tcp [::1]:5432: connect: connection refused

goroutine 1 [running]:
main.main()
        /home/liveuser/lbrytv/main.go:41 +0x766
FreeBSD% /home/liveuser/go/bin/collector 
{"buildCommit":"unknown","buildDate":"unknown","buildVersion":"unknown","level":"info","logLevel":"info","mode":"production","msg":"standard logger configured"}
{"dsn":"postgres://collector:ZnPfJ!4vTb-nURv8M!JkkuAcjYLYbkiX@localhost:5433/collector?sslmode=disable","level":"info","module":"storage","msg":"connecting to the DB"}
{"dsn":"postgres://collector:ZnPfJ!4vTb-nURv8M!JkkuAcjYLYbkiX@localhost:5433/collector?sslmode=disable","level":"info","module":"storage","msg":"DB connection failed"}
panic: dial tcp [::1]:5433: connect: connection refused

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/lbryio/lbrytv/apps/environment.ForCollector(0xc74940)
        /home/liveuser/lbrytv/apps/environment/apps.go:22 +0x3b0
github.com/lbryio/lbrytv/apps/collector/cmd.glob..func3(0x1170d20, 0x11ac458, 0x0, 0x0)
        /home/liveuser/lbrytv/apps/collector/cmd/serve.go:19 +0x26
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0x1170d20, 0xc000032200, 0x0, 0x0, 0x1170d20, 0xc000032200)
        /home/liveuser/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.0.0/command.go:846 +0x2c2
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0x1170d20, 0x8bcc83b7490, 0x476aef, 0xc000110000)
        /home/liveuser/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.0.0/command.go:950 +0x375
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
        /home/liveuser/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.0.0/command.go:887
github.com/lbryio/lbrytv/apps/collector/cmd.Execute()
        /home/liveuser/lbrytv/apps/collector/cmd/serve.go:32 +0x31
main.main()
        /home/liveuser/lbrytv/apps/collector/main.go:16 +0x8a

Instructions on https://github.com/lbryio/lbrytv are confusing. It talks about Docker and databases. I am not a server administrator, I just want to open the LBRY app to watch Lunduke!

probonopd commented 3 years ago

https://api.lbry.tv/api/v1/proxy was suggested and has been successfully tested by me, please see:

https://github.com/lbryio/lbrytv/issues/295#issuecomment-753675059

It would be awesome if https://api.lbry.tv/api/v1/proxy could be the default, thus removing the need for setting up and running a local server just to watch some videos.

accumulator commented 3 years ago

Good point, and good PR, thanks. Will merge after testing.

I'll keep this issue open to cover the documentation part.

accumulator commented 3 years ago

fixed

accumulator / plugin.video.lbry

Document how to get the API Server to work #3