JSON-RPC (JSON Remote Procedure Call) interface protocol in development for XBMC

**topfs2** · 2010-09-13 05:30

ncarthy Wrote:I reckon all that is required is something like:

Code:

Index: FileItemHandler.cpp =================================================================== --- FileItemHandler.cpp (revision 33661) +++ FileItemHandler.cpp (working copy) @@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ CVideoLibrary::FillFileItemList(param, list); CFileOperations::FillFileItemList(param, list); + Sort(list, param); + return true; }

Definatly put it on trac but I think the best way is to make it go through the entire HandleFilelist method which would allow sort, start and end.

MKay · 2010-09-18 13:53

Hi,

i like the new api, but i have some annotations:

1. Playlist.Remove does not work (The other people already mentioned that. Rolleyes

). It would be nice if this would be implemented.

2. GetShares / GetRootDirectory does not work.

3. It's possible to add a folder to the playlist:

Code:

'{"method": "AudioPlaylist.Add", "params": { "file": "/media/usb/mp3" }}'

But the API will not add the files (inside the folder) itself to the playlist.

4. I use the following code to add a file to the playlist:

Code:

'{"method": "AudioPlaylist.Add", "params": { "file": "/media/usb/mp3/track.mp3" }, "id": 1}'

This works fine, but then AudioPlaylist.GetItems returns no song-information like artist, label etc. with this command:

Code:

'{"method": "AudioPlaylist.GetItems", "params": { "fields": ["title", "album", "artist", "duration"] }}'

The response is:

Code:

id: 1

jsonrpc: 2.0

result:

     current: 0

     end: 1

     items:

          0:

               fanart: special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/Video/Fanart/f58940e3.tbn

               file: /media/usb/mp3/Track.mp3

               label: 

     paused: false

     playing: true

     start: 0

     total: 1

It would be nice, if this can be fixed. Laugh

5. A method to toggle shuffle-mode would be nice Big Grin

6. The GetXYZInfo-methods are not implemented yet.

Greets,
MKay

ncarthy · 2010-09-18 19:15

Hi,

I can't answer for items 1-3 on your list but with item 4 I know you won't see any information unless that file is in the music or video database. So just add it and re-run your query.

MKay · 2010-09-18 19:31

Yes that's right, but i want to play for example music from an usb-stick without adding the files to the database ;-)
The old HTTP API had a method for this: AddToPlayList(...).

ncarthy · 2010-09-18 23:16

hmm, I see now.:o I've looked at the http api method but it doesn't seem to do any extra processing of metadata.

Have you tried using Playlist.Add instead of AudioPlaylist.Add?

MKay · 2010-09-19 14:46

Playlist.Add returns an error :-)
AudioPlaylist.Add works, but with the problem that no information (Artist, Title etc.) about the files is returned when using AudioPlaylist.GetItems.

alex84 · 2010-09-19 19:42

Hi i recently updated to dharma. On camelot i was running an python script from my nas when an movie was finished to issue an update library.

Update.py

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python

import urllib

urllib.urlopen("http://user:pass@192.168.1.1:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=ExecBuiltIn&parameter=XBMC.updatelibrary(video)").close()

This updated my library. I wonder if i would be able to achive the same thing with the new json?

Best regards

rkpat_dallas · 2010-09-22 17:38

Hi, I'm very new to XBMC, and i really need some help. I am trying to use XBMC to play videos on a PC, but I want to control the playlist from another PC. i assume i need to use JSON-RPC to initiate the playlist and play/pause/stop etc.

I am completely clueless how to get started. can some one help me get started? i am proficient w/ .NET and plan to use it. but have no idea where to start. Please help...

**topfs2** · 2010-09-22 22:29

you can use xbmc-send or the webinterface if you don't want to program it

Therms · 2010-09-26 23:20

Feature request.

I'm not sure if this is even possible, but I'd be in heaven if I could add and remove single tv shows and movies from the library via JSON-RPC instead of doing a blanket VideoLibrary.ScanForContent

ncarthy Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: Aug 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-09-18 19:15 Post: #323 Hi, I can't answer for items 1-3 on your list but with item 4 I know you won't see any information unless that file is in the music or video database. So just add it and re-run your query.
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MKay Member Posts: 81 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 10	2010-09-18 19:31 Post: #324 Yes that's right, but i want to play for example music from an usb-stick without adding the files to the database ;-) The old HTTP API had a method for this: AddToPlayList(...).
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ncarthy Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: Aug 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-09-18 23:16 Post: #325 hmm, I see now.:o I've looked at the http api method but it doesn't seem to do any extra processing of metadata. Have you tried using Playlist.Add instead of AudioPlaylist.Add?
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MKay Member Posts: 81 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 10	2010-09-19 14:46 Post: #326 Playlist.Add returns an error :-) AudioPlaylist.Add works, but with the problem that no information (Artist, Title etc.) about the files is returned when using AudioPlaylist.GetItems.
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Therms Senior Member Posts: 120 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 0	2010-09-26 23:20 Post: #330 Feature request. I'm not sure if this is even possible, but I'd be in heaven if I could add and remove single tv shows and movies from the library via JSON-RPC instead of doing a blanket VideoLibrary.ScanForContent (This post was last modified: 2010-09-26 23:36 by Therms.)
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