Python control of webservice ?

[tomvdb]

Hi There,

Can I use this to control the omxplayer from a remote python script ? I would essentially just send a post/get request to start and stop a video from my python script.

If so can you provide a basic example of the get/post request to stop and start a video

Thanks :)

[dplesca]

Hi,

I've made a few changes today to simplify the URL scheme, so I need to push a new release soon (probably in a few hours). I've written a little bit of documentation for the new urls http api:

This application exposes a simple, minimal HTTP API for interfacing with the player. The exposed endpoints are:

• GET /files - get all video files as an array of objects with two fields: file, hash; example response:

  [{"file":"test.avi","hash":"dGVzdC5hdmk="},{"file":"test.mp4","hash":"dGVzdC5tcDQ="}]

• POST /start/:hash - starts playback for a video file
• POST /player/pause - toggles pause/play for video playback
• POST /player/stop - stops playback
• POST /player/forward - seeks forward in video
• POST /player/backward - seeks backward in video
• POST /player/subs - switches subs stream

One important note is that the start call does not return until the playback is stopped, so your request will probably timeout.

[tomvdb]

that is perfect thanks, has the executable been updated?

Thanks :)

[dplesca]

It is now :)