Getting events from a HTTP GET querry

[DarkCinema]

I like to know if it would be possible to use Eventghost to send a HTTP request to my Popcorn Hour A-400 and trigger an event on the received XML output.
Forn instance when I send the command:

http://<A-400>:8008/playback?arg0=get_current_vod_info I receive the playback status in XML syntax:

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<theDavidBox>
<request>
    <arg0>get_current_vod_info</arg0>
    <module>playback</module>
</request>
<response>
    <currentStatus>play</currentStatus>
    <currentTime>15</currentTime>
    <currentchapter>1</currentchapter>
    <downloadSpeed>0</downloadSpeed>
    <fullPath>
         /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/share1/Alien (1979)/Alien (1979).mkv
    </fullPath>
    <lastPacketTime>0</lastPacketTime>
    <mediatype>OTHERS</mediatype>
    <seekEnable>true</seekEnable>
    <title>Alien (1979).mkv</title>
    <totalTime>6949</totalTime>
    <totalchapter>40</totalchapter>
</response>
<returnValue>0</returnValue>
</theDavidBox>

I would like to trigger an event for the current status: play/pause/stop.
Does anyone know if this is possible with Eventghost?

[bruinlax]

yes use a script. something _like_ (my code sucks, but should get you in the right direction with some google.)

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import urllib
import xml.dom.minidom

response = urllib.urlopen('http://<A-400>:8008/playback?arg0=get_current_vod_info') #assumes the response is ready to parse into xml
status = dom.getElementsByTagName('theDavidBox')[0].getElementsByTagName('response')[0].getElementsByTagName('currentStatus')[0].firstChild.data  #ugly, but should work - or something like it
eg.TriggerEvent('PopcornPlayStatus.' + status) #trigger an event based on the status

[DarkCinema]

Cool Thanks a lot.
Gonna try this and see I if can get this to work.

[DarkCinema]

Got it working .

Added:

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from xml.dom.minidom import parse
dom = parse (response)

I had to look at the Tag "returnvalue" 0=stop 1=playing

If noting is playing the response is:

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<theDavidBox>
<request>
<arg0>get_current_vod_info</arg0>
<module>playback</module>
</request>
<response/>
<returnValue>1</returnValue>
</theDavidBox>

Python Code I use:

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import urllib
import xml.dom.minidom
from xml.dom.minidom import parse

response = urllib.urlopen('http://172.19.3.210:8008/playback?arg0=get_current_vod_info') #assumes the response is ready to parse into xml
dom = parse (response)
#status = dom.getElementsByTagName('theDavidBox')[0].getElementsByTagName('response')[0].getElementsByTagName('currentStatus')[0].firstChild.data  #ugly, but should work - or something like it
status = dom.getElementsByTagName('theDavidBox')[0].getElementsByTagName('returnValue')[0].firstChild.data
eg.TriggerEvent('PopcornPlayStatus.' + status) #trigger an event based on the status

Result:

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11:28:42   Python Script
11:28:42   Main.PopcornPlayStatus.1
11:29:23   Python Script
11:29:23   Main.PopcornPlayStatus.0

[bruinlax]

awesome.

this might be proving my knowledge limits of python, but in your code

isn't this redundant?:

import xml.dom.minidom
from xml.dom.minidom import parse

[DarkCinema]

I am merely a copycat when it comes to Python coding.
Since it wasnÔÇÖt working I looked at the wiki page https://wiki.python.org/moin/MiniDom%20 ... 20example.

[Sem;colon]

I like to know if it would be possible to use Eventghost to send a HTTP request to my Popcorn Hour A-400 and trigger an event on the received XML output.
Forn instance when I send the command:

http://<A-400>:8008/playback?arg0=get_current_vod_info I receive the playback status in XML syntax:

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<theDavidBox>
<request>
    <arg0>get_current_vod_info</arg0>
    <module>playback</module>
</request>
<response>
    <currentStatus>play</currentStatus>
    <currentTime>15</currentTime>
    <currentchapter>1</currentchapter>
    <downloadSpeed>0</downloadSpeed>
    <fullPath>
         /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/share1/Alien (1979)/Alien (1979).mkv
    </fullPath>
    <lastPacketTime>0</lastPacketTime>
    <mediatype>OTHERS</mediatype>
    <seekEnable>true</seekEnable>
    <title>Alien (1979).mkv</title>
    <totalTime>6949</totalTime>
    <totalchapter>40</totalchapter>
</response>
<returnValue>0</returnValue>
</theDavidBox>

I would like to trigger an event for the current status: play/pause/stop.
Does anyone know if this is possible with Eventghost?

...the first part is also a default function from the webserver plugin (send Event to external webserver)