EventGhost

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2012 3:27 pm**

I would like to use the webserver plugin to play a file on my PC that is specified by the url.

For example I want to trigger this URL:

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http://192.168.0.10:82?playfile=&filename=test.mkv

And the playfile parameter would trigger the event and I could retrieve the filename to pass along to the action.

When I call the URL it shows up in eventghost like this:

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HTTP.playfile [u'filename=test.mkv']

How do I access the value of filename?

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2012 5:56 pm**

After a lot of searching and playing around I have figured out that what I was searching for was

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eg.event.payload

That variable contains the extra data sent via the webserver. Now I just have to parse it out which should be easy.

Posted: **Mon May 07, 2012 6:09 pm**

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file_to_play = eg.event.payload.split('=')[1]

EventGhost

Storing parameters passed to webserver as a variable.

Storing parameters passed to webserver as a variable.

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