[jingai]

In your proxy configuration, what does proxy_pass look like? It should be:

Code:

proxy_pass http://local_kodiaddress:local_kodiport/;

[rlg6767]

Code:

location /kodi/ {
   proxy_pass http://192.168.1.68:8745/;
   proxy_set_header Host $host;
   proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
   proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}

[jingai]

Do you see the requests in kodi.log? You may have to enable debug mode, I forget.

[rlg6767]

Do you see the requests in kodi.log? You may have to enable debug mode, I forget.

I will check. Heroku looks like its down at the moment, due to a DNS issue. Might be some time before I can test again.... :-(

[jingai]

One more thing. What does the "url = " line look like in your kodi.py? Near the top.

[rlg6767]

One more thing. What does the "url = " line look like in your kodi.py? Near the top.

I hard coded it based on a previous post to:

Code:

url = "https://mydynamicdns:port/kodi/jsonrpc"

[jingai]

Pretty sure that's right. I'm assuming "mydynamicdns:port" is your actual host and port and you just masked it out to post it here.. but.. figured I'd verify

edit: nvm, you showed it's getting there in your nginx logs already.

Well, I'm not sure. I'd say check the kodi.log once Heroku is back online to see if it's complaining about the requests, or if it's even seeing them at all.

You should see something like this if it's working:

Code:

21:43:35 T:123145315860480   DEBUG: CWebServer[8080]: request received for /jsonrpc

[rlg6767]

Pretty sure that's right. I'm assuming "mydynamicdns:port" is your actual host and port and you just masked it out to post it here.. but.. figured I'd verify

Lol yes!!

[rlg6767]

edit: nvm, you showed it's getting there in your nginx logs already.

Well, I'm not sure. I'd say check the kodi.log once Heroku is back online to see if it's complaining about the requests, or if it's even seeing them at all.

You should see something like this if it's working:

Code:

21:43:35 T:123145315860480   DEBUG: CWebServer[8080]: request received for /jsonrpc

Will do. Looks like Heroku is suffering due to a DDoS attack. Probably something I did!!

Will come back with an update when it's back online. Thanks very much for your help so far!!

**Update. Looks like Kodi is seeing the request
http://pastebin.com/pnimuETb

[jingai]

Only thing I can think of is the proxy is in some way munging the response.. I have no idea

Maybe it's cut short? Maybe try setting the read timeout to something high for now?

Code:

proxy_read_timeout 90;

If that doesn't do anything (and it probably won't), you'd have to look at the actual response.

[rlg6767]

Only thing I can think of is the proxy is in some way munging the response.. I have no idea

Maybe it's cut short? Maybe try setting the read timeout to something high for now?

Code:

proxy_read_timeout 90;

If that doesn't do anything (and it probably won't), you'd have to look at the actual response.

Yep, no change..

Any ideas as to how I look at the actual response?

[jingai]

Can try adding

Code:

print r.text

after

Code:

r = requests.post(url, data=command, auth=(USER, PASS))

[rlg6767]

Can try adding

Code:

print r.text

after

Code:

r = requests.post(url, data=command, auth=(USER, PASS))

Doesn't add anything to the log....

I feel like I am cats whisker away from nailing this but it is very frustrating.. !!

[jingai]

Ok.. let's just verify the JSON RPC interface is working at all.

If you have access to curl (or something like it), you can do:

Code:

curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"VideoLibrary.GetMovies", "params":{"filter":{"field":"playcount", "operator":"lessthan", "value":"1"}}, "id":1}' -H 'content-type: application/json;' -u user:pass http://local_kodiaddr:local_kodiport/jsonrpc

You should get an object back with all your movies.

[rlg6767]

Ok.. let's just verify the JSON RPC interface is working at all.

If you have access to curl (or something like it), you can do:

Code:

curl --data-binary '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"VideoLibrary.GetMovies", "params":{"filter":{"field":"playcount", "operator":"lessthan", "value":"1"}}, "id":1}' -H 'content-type: application/json;' -u user:pass http://local_kodiaddr:local_kodiport/jsonrpc

You should get an object back with all your movies.

You might need me to guide me a little. I can run this command from the raspbian command line but nothing is returned (no error messages either). Do I need to output to a file?

Many thanks!!