[pedz]

I had a heck of a time getting anything to work. I hope this helps others.

To get the list of active players:

Code:

curl --user foo:bar --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{ "id": 1, "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Player.GetActivePlayers" }' 'http://192.168.1.127/jsonrpc'

Response can be something like:

Code:

{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":[{"playerid":2,"type":"picture"}]}

To stop player #2:

Code:

curl --user foo:bar --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{ "id": 1, "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Player.Stop", "params": { "playerid": 2 } }' 'http://192.168.1.127/jsonrpc'

Response is something like:

Code:

{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"OK"}

The playerid is what was returned for playerid in the GetActivePlayers.

To start a slideshow:

Code:

curl --user foo:bar --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{ "id": 1, "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Player.Open", "params": {"item": { "path": "/media/PERRY/Picks" } } }' 'http://192.168.1.127/jsonrpc'

Response is:

Code:

{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"OK"}

In my case, PERRY is the name of a USB stick mounted on a Raspberry Pi and Picks is a directory of JPGs and Videos.

It seems you do not need the --globoff after all when using the --data-binary method.
You need to set --header or you get back HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type.
You must have the id if you want to get a response back but you don't if you want to just give a command and assume it works.
The value for "id" is an integer and is used to match up the response that comes back.
The jsonrpc 2.0 is needed or you get an "Invalid Request" back.

My only question left is when can / should you use "GET" instead of "Post" ?

Thank you,
Perry