[mythtv-users] using mythtv as clockradio

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Bill,

Thursday, January 21, 2016, 6:17:10 AM, you wrote:

> On 01/20/2016 10:32 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> Thursday, January 21, 2016, 5:10:45 AM, you wrote:
>>> The above would be something like:
>>
>>>     import Utilities as api
>>>     postdata = { 'HostName':args.fe, 'Key':'WatchTVGuide', 'Value':0 }
>>>     api.Send(host=args.host, port=args.port, endpoint=Myth/PutSetting, postdata=postdata)

> Neglected to add: opts={'wrmi':True} after postdata above. It's a
> safety feature that makes sure that *we really mean it* (changing
> data, that is.) Also, by setting wrmi to False, a program can test
> before actually sending to the host, especially if opts['debug']
> is True.

>> Yes, I saw that stuff about sending as a POST and didn't know what
>> that meant. Thanks for the link as the main service api only links to
>> Perl examples.

> Fixed. It already appeared in the category, but not an entry matching
> the Perl one you spotted at the bottom of the page. Thanks.

>> but that would not count for calling the single value and getting an
>> empty answer, while the value is there! Or must such a specific info
>> call also be packed in a 'POST'?

> Not 100% clear I understand the issue. Any GET/POST response should be
> checked for a failure. The Python module does that and returns an Abort
> or Warning. See the following lines here: Full example using Dvr/GetUpcomingList
> at that page:

> if list(resp_dict.keys())[0] in ['Abort', 'Warning']:
>      sys.exit('\n{}\n'.format(list(resp_dict.values())[0]))

>> I did find though how to get data as json, which in Python is way
>> easier then xml.

> Good. That's what the module does, requests JSON and returns it in
> a dict, saving another step.

I'm missing the requests package at present. I was using
urllib2.Request. 

Message for Rich dev-python/requests should be in the python related
dependencies for MythTV in Gentoo as it is apparently used!

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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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