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cartman.dos · (This post was last modified: 2019-03-04, 15:02 by cartman.dos.)

Since UWP doesn't allow for the cherrypy python module, I adjusted Skin Helper code to except import error for cherrypy and tick off the use of its Webservice.
Only problem is in the addon.xml under <requires> I want to exclude cherrypy import for UWP, there's already the System.Platform.UWP Bool but is it possible to use it in the addon.xml?

**ronie** · 2019-03-04, 16:17

nope, not possible.

cartman.dos · 2019-03-04, 16:47

(2019-03-04, 16:17)ronie Wrote: nope, not possible.

So what's the alternative? having a skin for uwp and one for all other platfroms, that each call its own skin helper? with the only thing that differs is the required line? Sad

**ronie** · 2019-03-04, 16:59

i don't think i fully understand the problem?
why would a skin need to import the cherrypy module? that should be done by the skin helper addon, no?

angelblue05 · (This post was last modified: 2019-03-04, 17:04 by angelblue05.)

Are you sure you can’t use the cherrypy module? What happens if you include it within your add-on package?

I ask because I’m fairly sure, when I was testing this module, granted it wasn’t added as a dependency but rather included within my test add-on, it did work. There is a modded cherrypy version, forked from marcelveldt’s cherrypy package for Kodi, that was modded to run without the packages that do not work on UWP and Android.

angelblue05 · 2019-03-04, 17:00

(2019-03-04, 16:59)ronie Wrote: i don't think i fully understand the problem?
why would a skin need to import the cherrypy module? that should be done by the skin helper addon, no?

The skin depends on the skin helper which depends on cherrypy.

cartman.dos · (This post was last modified: 2019-03-04, 17:06 by cartman.dos.)

(2019-03-04, 16:59)ronie Wrote: i don't think i fully understand the problem?
why would a skin need to import the cherrypy module? that should be done by the skin helper addon, no?

Titan is heavily reliant on Skin Helper, so skin requires SH -> requires CherryPy...
I have to check how much of an impact will result if SH is not required by the skin, but this is the current situation.

(2019-03-04, 16:59)angelblue05 Wrote: Are you sure you can’t use the cherrypy module? What happens if you include it within your add-on package?

I ask because I’m fairly sure, when I was testing this module, granted it wasn’t added as a dependency but rather included within my test add-on, it did work. There is a modded cherrypy version, forked from marcelveldt’s cherrypy package for Kodi, that was modded to run without the packages that do not work on UWP and Android.

Could you share a link to this fork?

**ronie** · 2019-03-04, 17:05

ok, so skin helper imports cherrypy and gracefully handles the import exception.
so what problem remains?

angelblue05 · 2019-03-04, 17:08

If you are interested. This was the version I used for testing.

https://github.com/TheTimeWalker/script.module.cherrypy

Good luck

cartman.dos · 2019-03-04, 17:08

(2019-03-04, 17:05)ronie Wrote: ok, so skin helper imports cherrypy and gracefully handles the import exception.
so what problem remains?

that skin helper's addon.xml has cherrypy module under required imports, otherwise I wouldn't be able to import it via script.

**sualfred** · (This post was last modified: 2019-03-04, 17:10 by sualfred.)

@angelblue05

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in our cherrypy tests we were able to have this module running on the UWP app? I cannot remember if we tested both of our webservice implementations.

angelblue05 · 2019-03-04, 17:13

(2019-03-04, 17:10)sualfred Wrote: @angelblue05

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in our cherrypy tests we were able to have this module running on the UWP app? I cannot remember if we tested both of our webservice implementations.

Yes that’s right. We tested with cherrypy with that fork I linked above.

**ronie** · 2019-03-04, 17:15

i'm sorry, still not able to understand the problem... perhaps someone else can help you out.