xbmc-php-rpc
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xbmc-php-rpc is a PHP library for making remote procedure calls to XBMC. It
supports HTTP and TCP transport mechanisms.


Copyright
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xbmc-php-rpc is copyright © 2011 Karl Rixon <[email protected]>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


Getting Started
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To use xbmc-php-rpc with your application, download and extract the source files,
and place the rpc directory somewhere sensible.

To begin using xbmc-php-rpc, follow the steps below.

1. Choose a transport mechanism

To use xbmc-php-rpc, first decide which transport mechanism you would like to use.
Available options are HTTP (slower) and TCP (faster).

2. Define connection parameters

Next define the connection parameters. This can either be done by creating an
associative array, or by using a URI string.

The associative array should take the following structure:

$params = array(
    'host' => '192.168.0.123', // Required. The IP or hostname of XBMC.
    'port' => 8080,            // Optional. The port to be used for connecting to XBMC.
    'user' => 'xbmc',          // Optional. The username with which to authenticate with XBMC.
    'pass' => 'password'       // Optional. The password with which to authenticate with XBMC.
);

The default port value is 8080, which is the default XBMC HTTP port. If you use a different
HTTP port, or use TCP, you must set this value. The default TCP port is 9090.

Username and password are only required if you are using HTTP, as there is no need
to authenticate via TCP.

Some examples of valid connection parameters arrays:

$params = array('host' => '192.168.0.123');
$params = array('host' => '192.168.0.123', 'port' => 9090);
$params = array('host' => '192.168.0.123', 'port' => 8181, 'user' => 'jdoe', 'pass' => 'foobar');

If you use a URI string, it should be in the following format:

user:pass@host:port

Again user, pass and port are optional, with the same notes mentioned above applicable.

Some examples of valid URI string:

192.168.0.123
192.168.0.123:9090
jdoe:[email protected]:8181

3. Create a client object

The last thing to do before you can start making remote procedure calls is create
an instance of the appropriate client class, and pass the connection parameters
to it.

If the client is unable to connect to the server, an XBMC_RPC_ConnectionException
will be thrown.

HTTP Client:

$params = 'jdoe:[email protected]';
require_once 'rpc/HTTPClient.php';
try {
    $client = new XBMC_RPC_HTTPClient($params);
} catch (XBMC_RPC_ConnectionException $e) {
    die($e->getMessage());
}

TCP Client:

$params = array('host' => '192.168.0.123', 'port' => 9090);
require_once 'rpc/TCPClient.php';
try {
    $client = new XBMC_RPC_TCPClient($params);
} catch (XBMC_RPC_ConnectionException $e) {
    die($e->getMessage());
}

4. Make some remote procedure calls!

You can now make RPCs by accessing namespaces and commands from the client object.
For example, to send the ToggleMute command from the XBMC namespace:

$response = $client->XBMC->ToggleMute();

Response data is automatically converted into a native PHP type. For example, the
above $response contains an int.

You can pass arguments to the commands like this:

$response = $client->XBMC->SetVolume(50);
$response = $client->System->GetInfoLabels(array('System.Time', 'System.FreeSpace'));

Although the XBMC JSON-RPC API only uses single level namespaces, xbmc-php-rpc
supports deeply nested namespaces. Should XBMC ever start to use nested namespaces,
xbmc-php-rpc will still work! For example:

$response = $client->Foo->Bar->Baz->Go();

A list of available commands is available here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=JSON_RPC

You can also get a list of commands with descriptions from XBMC itself by calling
the JSONRPC.Introspect command:

$response = $client->JSONRPC->Introspect();

A list of InfoLabels which can be read via the System.GetInfoLabels command is
available here:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=InfoLabels


Documentation and Getting Help
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Coming soon.