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JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - bob3695 - 2013-01-08

Hey guys,

This might be an obvious answer but somehow I am missing something. I am trying to use the Addon.ExecuteAddon to pass some params to the PleXBMC addon. I am using the following JSON:

PHP Code:
{"jsonrpc": "2.0","method": "Addons.ExecuteAddon","params": {"wait": false,"addonid": "plugin.video.plexbmc","params": ["?url=http://192.168.1.100:32400/library/metadata/1&mode=5&id=1"]},"id": 2} 

and I get the following response:

PHP Code:
{"id":2,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"OK"} 

and in XBMC it goes into the menu which is not what I expected. I am trying to get the addon to launch the movie.... I check the log (I have it in debug mode) and find the following:

PHP Code:
41:30 T:4646768640  NOTICE: == ENTER: get_params ==
41:30 T:4646768640  NOTICE: PleXBMC -> get_params: Parameter string:
41:30 T:4646768640  NOTICE: PleXBMC -> get_params: Returning: []
41:30 T:4646768640  NOTICE: PleXBMC -> []
41:30 T:4646768640  NOTICE: PleXBMC -> Mode: None
41:30 T:4646768640  NOTICE: PleXBMC -> URL: None
41:30 T:4646768640  NOTICE: PleXBMC -> Name: None
41:30 T:4646768640  NOTICE: PleXBMC -> ID: None 

I've tried many different variations of the JSON but all seem to result in the same thing... Am I passing in the parameters wrong?

Thanks

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - Montellese - 2013-01-08

Your "params" parameter is wrong. You should pass in every addon parameter seperately and not as a full string. It might work fine if you just drop the "?" at the beginning of your parameter. If not try

Code:
{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Addons.ExecuteAddon", "params": { "wait": false, "addonid": "plugin.video.plexbmc", "params": { "url": "http://192.168.1.100:32400/library/metadata/1", "mode": "5", "id": "1"} }, "id": 2 }

As you can see, "url", "mode" and "id" are seperate parameters and you can provide them to JSON-RPC in that way.

NB: I haven't tried this or anything (as I don't have PleXBMC).

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - bob3695 - 2013-01-08

No dice... I have tried the following variations with the same results:

Code:
{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Addons.ExecuteAddon", "params": { "wait": false, "addonid": "plugin.video.plexbmc", "params": { "url": "http://192.168.1.100:32400/library/metadata/1", "mode": "5", "id": "1"} }, "id": 2 }

Code:
{"jsonrpc": "2.0","method": "Addons.ExecuteAddon","params": {"wait": false,"addonid": "plugin.video.plexbmc","params": ["url=http://192.168.1.100:32400/library/metadata/1&mode=5&id=1"]},"id": 2}

I also noticed my PleXBMC plugin was outdated so I updated and tried again with still no luck. I am not a Python developer (but am a developer) so I took a peek at the code and noticed this:

Code:
printDebug( "PleXBMC -> Script argument is " + str(sys.argv[1]), False)

try:

    params=get_params(sys.argv[2])

except:

    params={}

In my log the script argument is set to 0 which means argv[1] is setting something but sys.argv[2] isn't. That leads me to believe either the plugin is not accessing the params correctly or XBMC is not even passing them in correctly.

This lead me to turn on debugging on XBMC as well to see what was getting passed in... I found this in my log:

Code:
32:49 T:4635795456   DEBUG: JSONRPC: Incoming request: { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Addons.ExecuteAddon", "params": { "wait": false, "addonid": "plugin.video.plexbmc", "params": { "url": "http://192.168.1.100:32400/library/metadata/1", "mode": "5", "id": "1"} }, "id": 2 }

32:49 T:4635795456   DEBUG: JSONRPC: Calling addons.executeaddon

32:49 T:140735192387968   DEBUG: Activating window ID: 10025

32:49 T:140735192387968   DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (MyVideoNav.xml) ------

32:49 T:140735192387968   DEBUG: ------ Window Init (MyVideoNav.xml) ------

32:49 T:140735192387968   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (plugin://plugin.video.plexbmc)

32:49 T:140735192387968   DEBUG:   ParentPath = [plugin://plugin.video.plexbmc]

32:49 T:140735192387968   DEBUG: StartScript - calling plugin PleXBMC('plugin://plugin.video.plexbmc/','0','')

I am thinking the params should actually be on the "calling plugin PleXBMC" line but there is no sign of them. Am I correct in this thinking?

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - queeup - 2013-01-10

yes you are right about it. I also try to play youtube video from jsonrpc but no luck.

when I am playing a video from add-on log show me this:

Code:
YouTube-4.4.1 ARGV: ['plugin://plugin.video.youtube/', '0', '?path=/root/video&action=play_video&videoid=P3uRsNqB9ks']

But if I try same with rpc:

Code:
{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"Addons.ExecuteAddon", "params":{"addonid":"plugin.video.youtube", "params":{"path":"/root/video", "action":"play_video", "videoid":"P3uRsNqB9ks"}},"id":"2"}

Log sow me this:

Code:
YouTube-4.4.1 ARGV: ['plugin://plugin.video.youtube/', '0', '']

Something wrong here.

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - Montellese - 2013-01-10

Seems like something goes wrong when serializing the arguments for the addon.

How do you get those URLs? Because if you have them in form of "plugin://<addonid>/<arguments>" then you can just use that with Player.Open and the "file" property in the "item" parameter.

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - queeup - 2013-01-10

Yes what you suggest works. Yatse using that:

Code:
DEBUG: JSONRPC: Incoming request: {"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Player.Open","params":{"item":{"file":"plugin:\/\/plugin.video.youtube\/?path=\/root\/search&action=play_video&videoid=17upC495LMg"}}}

I just experiment with ExecuteAddon and I never succeeded.

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - queeup - 2013-01-10

Maybe some debug log helps(not full log but If you need I will post full):
http://pastebin.com/224A7yP8

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - bob3695 - 2013-01-10

Thanks for the workaround. I will test it first thing when I get home!

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - bob3695 - 2013-01-10

{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Player.Open","params":{"item":{"file":"plugin:\/\/plugin.video.plexbmc\/?url=http://192.168.1.100:32400/library/metadata/1&mode=5&id=1"}}}

that also works perfectly for my uses for PleXBMC. So I would say that there is something up with ExecuteAddon :-(

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - Montellese - 2013-01-14

I've created a PR that will fix passing the parameters on to the plugin, see PR2072. But that's probably not gonna make it possible to start playing a video from a plugin through ExecuteAddon (but I didn't have the time to try it). For that you might still need to use Player.Open.

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - queeup - 2013-01-14

Thx. we will see. I think it depends on add-on. If add-on take parameters and start player, why not Smile

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - mcpc - 2017-02-22

Hi Guys,

Was wondering if any of you managed to find a parameter or a way to open an addon in its "original state". For example, if an addon has 4 options, currently if I go "home" or back, it won't default to the first option..

As I am trying to "crudely" create a macro that will go to some specific areas of the addon without me having to use the remote, but once I've used it the first time, all other logic to reach other areas fails because it doesn't start from the addon's initial state.

Cheers

RE: JSON-RPC ExecuteAddon - ncarthy - 2017-02-23

which addon?