[mythtv-users] APIs for ports 6544 and 6547; was Screenshots

[Bill Meek]

On 4/27/19 8:19 AM, Jay Harbeston wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 27, 2019, at 3:24 AM, Ian Campbell <ijc at hellion.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 2019-04-26 at 17:30 -0500, Bill Meek wrote:
>>> On 4/26/19 3:43 PM, Greg Oliver wrote:
>>>> I frequently use the Screenshots on port 6547 for some time and I
>>>> accidentally upgraded to 0.30 a couple weeks back while upgrading my OS
>>>> (was not paying attention).
>>>>
>>>> I do not really have any complaints except I can no longer reach the
>>>> ScreenShot URL ::
>>>>
>>>> http://<IPAddress>:6547/MythFE/GetScreenShot
>>>> <http://be0:6547/MythFE/GetScreenShot>
>>>>
>>>> I cannot find any change news regarding it, so hoping someone knows.
>>>>
>>>> TiA,
>>>>
>>>> Greg
>>>
>>> Works for me in v31-Pre and I don't see any activity removing it.
>>
>> It WFM on v30 too (I never knew this existed, very cool)
>>
> 
> Very interesting! I also tried it, and got to exploring the wiki for mythtv and came across this page:
> 
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Services_API <https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Services_API>
> 
> I thought I might find  GetScreenShot referenced there, but didn’t find.
> 
> I then did a search for the term on the wiki and only found it referenced in the notes for release .24
> 
> Is there somewhere that would show all capabilities available via port 6544 and 6547?
> 
> Thanks!

You might also trip over this one: https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Python_API_Examples#Python_Services_API_Cookbook

It the use of a Python module included in v30 (and above) that
takes care of the plumbing. Users can then just work with the
data returned.

-- 
Bill