[mythtv-commits] Ticket #13589: Bugs in backend serviceAPIs

[MythTV]

#13589: Bugs in backend serviceAPIs
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
     Reporter:  Peter Bennett                    |      Owner:  Peter
                                                 |  Bennett
         Type:  Bug Report - General             |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  minor                            |  Milestone:
                                                 |  needs_triage
    Component:  MythTV - Services API - Backend  |    Version:  Master Head
     Severity:  medium                           |   Keywords:
Ticket locked:  0                                |
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
 The ''leanfront'' frontend for MythTV uses service APIs exclusively to
 support a fully functional frontend. In the process of developing this I
 have found some bugs in the service APIs:

 - File names in URLS should be url encoded (art urls). The way they
 currently are returned, the URL fails if a program title has a colon or
 other special character (e.g. Law and Order: Special Victim's Unit).
 - Redirect for download of files on slave backends use wrong URL.
 Redirects to host name as server address. This does not work if there is
 no DNS or the DNS name does not match the MythTV host name. The API should
 look up the IP address of the host in the settings and use that. (Note I
 cannot use the hosts file to resolve the address since the APIs are called
 from Android and you cannot update android system files).
 - Settings API returns nothing for null host id requests. Entries that are
 system wide have null host id and they should be able to be read.

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13589>
MythTV <http://www.mythtv.org>
MythTV Media Center