krpc

Kodi jsonRPC :: wrapper to manipulate Kodi's jsonRPC
Author: Spencer Butler <github@crooked.app>

History

I started this because I wanted a way to update the libraries, on the command line, after adding new content. Well, I kept adding stuff and things and here we are. Feel free to do foo with this.

Usage

cp krpc.cfg to ~/.krpc.cfg with settings germane to your environment

 usage: ./krpc [Option] <param>
 
     Requires: curl jq
 
     Player Options: (media type is autodetected)
     -seek --seek <seconds>       negatives rewind :: values < 60 start at that sec
     -sf --seek-forward           seek small forward
     -sb --seek-backward          seek small backward
     -gn --goto-next              goto next item in playlist
     -gp --goto-previous          goto previous item in playlist
     -pi --player-info            query current playing media
     -p --pause                   pause the current media source
     -po --player-open            currently [mostly] broken
     -pm --party-mode             start new music partymode
     -v --volume <increment|decrement> or <0..100>
 
     Library Options:
     -as --audio-scan             scan the audio library for new content
     -ac --audio-clean            clean the audio library
     -vs --video-scan             scan the video library for new content
     -vc --video-clean            clean the video library
 
     GUI Options:
     -gg --go-gui <action>       one of the following <action>
                                 Back         Info   ShowCodec
                                 ContextMenu  Left   ShowOSD
                                 Down         Right  ShowPlayerProcessInfo
                                 Select       Up     ExecuteAction
                                 Home         SendText
 
     Debug Options:
     -ad --ad-hoc <method> <key> <value>
     -ff --free-form <valid json query>
     -m --methods                 see valid methods
     -i --introspect <method>     debug stuff