V11.0 HTTP Control
#1
Hi guys

I've just changed from Windows Media Centre to XBMC (v11.0 Eden Beta) and am impressed with the features, but....... With WMC I could control the program (and receive/parse data) via either a TCP socket or web browser and I'd like to do the same with XBMC.
However, I don't seem to be able to - I've tried unsuccessfully to use a web browser to send commands but just get back a "file not found" response. I'm not up to speed on the JSON-RPC API so maybe it's a syntax error?
Using the Chrome simple REST console to send commands gets a "Bad Request" response?
What would be useful is if someone could post an example string I could look at, e.g. http://192.168.x.x:9090/xxxxxx.
The JSON-RPC API v3 help pages show "Application.Quit".......how does that translate to a HTTP request?
Any help would be appreciated!

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#2
have you activated the Webinterface in System Settings and are using the right Port-Number?
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#3
Yes, all settings are correct as is the port number is - I can connect to the web interface of XBMC in a browser so I'm assuming it's not port related. Definately think it's a syntax error.....I'm a control systems programmer but I'm used to working with serial protocols, not Java et al...
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#4
sorry, I'm no developer myself, so I can only help with a bit of Google-Fu Wink
You might find this helpful:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=88117&page=3
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=JSON-RPC_API
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#5
ok thanks.
I've read the thread and tried some of the examples for HTTP but still can't get it to work!
Any developers out there who could post some example HTTP requests/commands that can be pasted into a browser address bar?
If someone can provide an example for a more complex command (VideoLibrary.GetMovies etc) I should be able to work out the rest of the commands i need from that.
I understand the concept of JSON-RPC but I'm not sure what the correct syntax is (whether curly braces/backslashes/commas are needed or not and where they should go in the string)

Any help would be appreciated....
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