Web Server in Boxee Box?

[pcgizzmo]

Has anyone been able to access this? I see where you can turn it on but I've tried getting to it via the port 8800 specified and no luck? What's it there for?

[apopen]

port 8080 I believe

[cgpowell]

Port 8080 dumps into the Boxee Support tool. I think the OP was looking for the Web Server that's listed under network settings. My Boxee Box lists it on port 8800, but I can't connect to it either.

[pcgizzmo]

Yes, what cgpowell said. Anyone else had any luck connecting to this?

[rodrigos122]

i connect but i don't know what username to use.

[judgeschambers]

The web server is a diagnostic log file only access for port 8080. If you disable the web server, you lose 8800/8080.
Access it via http://boxee-boxIP-here:8800

Also, I believe it's used for iPhone app or other phone app access/control of boxee as a remote.

[javix]

Hi,

i can reach http://boxeeip:8080 without a problem, but I cannot reach
http://boxeeip:8800
It says:

Access Error: Site or Page Not Found
Cannot open URL

I was expecting to find a remote control like the xbmc has. Is that right?

Thanks, regards

[newaj]

Yes, I believe port 8080 for http works.

[mnelson]

Was anyone able to figure this out?

I can connect to 8080 just fine, but if I attempt to connect to 8800 I get the same error as described above.

Thanks,

Marty

[boxmee]

not sure if this is the appropriate thread, but I'm thinking of getting the boxee box, and wondered if alongside all the tv stuff, I could run a website from it.

Is this what the webserver piece is for or is the webserver piece just for getting access to scheduling/queuing content?

Many thanks

[myko]

Was anyone able to figure this out?

I can connect to 8080 just fine, but if I attempt to connect to 8800 I get the same error as described above.

Thanks,

Marty

Yeah I'm in the same boat. I was thinking connecting to 8800 should let me control Boxee from my browser? I was hoping to start a youtube video from my browser without having to navigate to it on Boxee Box, since it is kind of a pain to do it that way.

[iRoNBiLL]

The web server is a diagnostic log file only access for port 8080. If you disable the web server, you lose 8800/8080.
Access it via http://boxee-boxIP-here:8800

Also, I believe it's used for iPhone app or other phone app access/control of boxee as a remote.

Everyone, the web server is not what you think it is for. It is only used by developers and those in need of a error log file from Boxee, that's it! JudgeChambers already covered this folks.

iRoNBiLL

[Bixiee]

Yeah I'm in the same boat. I was thinking connecting to 8800 should let me control Boxee from my browser? I was hoping to start a youtube video from my browser without having to navigate to it on Boxee Box, since it is kind of a pain to do it that way.

There are two interfaces, there is the diagnostic tool, for bug reports and seeing how warm your box is etc. And then there is the remote control tool, but it is fairly primitive. And who knows if the evil orcs will suddenly remove it one day because someone in a suit thinks it is dangerous.

But re youtube, you do know you can add a bookmarklet to most browsers and quickly add a youtube video to your watch later list? That may do what you want: http://www.boxee.tv/watchlater

But if you have the server enabled, and the box is called "boxeebox" (which is generally the case, otherwise change boxeebox to the IP number in examples below), you can do a call like this:

This will ask the box what it is playing, and the box will show a reply in your webbrowser (on the PC/mac etc):

http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=getcurrentlyplaying()


This will set the volume level to 80% (so 1 to 100):

http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=setvolume(80)

This will seek back 1% from your current location (since its a percentage the length depends on the length of what you are watching)

http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=seekpercentagerelative(-1)


This will immediately restart the Boxee Box without prompts (unless it is really heavily frozen this frequently works if the interface locks up)


http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=restart()

Sometimes you have to do this, which will shutdown the box like when you press off (you restart by pressing the on button on your remote):

http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=shutdown()

If you want to send a character to an open input field you have to add 61696 to the ASCII value.

The ASCII value of capital A is 65, so 65+61696 = 61761 =
http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=SendKey(61761)

This will send the letter A to the box, of course to see it you would have to have an input field open, on a webpage, or the browsers URL field.

There are some others listed in the dev files, but I haven't looked into it further.

[sinton]

There are two interfaces, there is the diagnostic tool, for bug reports and seeing how warm your box is etc. And then there is the remote control tool, but it is fairly primitive. And who knows if the evil orcs will suddenly remove it one day because someone in a suit thinks it is dangerous.

But re youtube, you do know you can add a bookmarklet to most browsers and quickly add a youtube video to your watch later list? That may do what you want: http://www.boxee.tv/watchlater

But if you have the server enabled, and the box is called "boxeebox" (which is generally the case, otherwise change boxeebox to the IP number in examples below), you can do a call like this:

This will ask the box what it is playing, and the box will show a reply in your webbrowser (on the PC/mac etc):

http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=getcurrentlyplaying()


This will set the volume level to 80% (so 1 to 100):

http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=setvolume(80)

This will seek back 1% from your current location (since its a percentage the length depends on the length of what you are watching)

http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=seekpercentagerelative(-1)


This will immediately restart the Boxee Box without prompts (unless it is really heavily frozen this frequently works if the interface locks up)


http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=restart()

Sometimes you have to do this, which will shutdown the box like when you press off (you restart by pressing the on button on your remote):

http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=shutdown()

If you want to send a character to an open input field you have to add 61696 to the ASCII value.

The ASCII value of capital A is 65, so 65+61696 = 61761 =
http://boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=SendKey(61761)

This will send the letter A to the box, of course to see it you would have to have an input field open, on a webpage, or the browsers URL field.

There are some others listed in the dev files, but I haven't looked into it further.


This will ask the box what it is playing, and the box will show a reply in your webbrowser (on the PC/mac etc):

http://192.168.2.100:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHt...entlyplaying%20()



Access Error: Data follows
Form xbmcHt...entlyplaying%20() is not defined


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no play

[Bixiee]

This will ask the box what it is playing, and the box will show a reply in your webbrowser (on the PC/mac etc):

http://192.168.2.100:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHt...entlyplaying%20()



Access Error: Data follows
Form xbmcHt...entlyplaying%20() is not defined


-----------------------------------------------------

no play

I have no idea what the point of your post is, but if it is a badly articulated ask for help, the string you are entering isn't what I wrote. So you get an error.

[megachirops]

As he said, you need to look at the link, not just copy/paste the text. The link text gets shortened (there is no "..." in the actual link). Look are your status bar when you hover over the link.

boxeebox:8800/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=getcurrentlyplaying()

[nameisalreadytaken]

When I put a password on the web server on port 8800 I get prompted for a password when I try to connect my iphone boxee remote app to the boxee box.

I have a feeling it's not meant to be access via an actualy browser.

[darcilicious]

8800 is for remote control access
8080 is for diagnostics

[phrend]

8800 is for remote control access
8080 is for diagnostics

On my Boxee Box:
8080 is for diagnostics (logs and other info)
8081 is for remote control access

No wonder I couldn't get any of the remote apps for Android or iPhone to work! (Thanks nmap!)

[darcilicious]

Sounds like you changed it from the default? Maybe?

[phrend]

I think I played around with the diagnostic web server port in the settings at some point, but I can't find a place to modify the remote control web port...?

[StevenR]

The "Web server port" setting under Settings > Network > Servers is for the port for the remote control interface, so if you change that setting to 8800 then the standard remote apps should work again. I don't believe there is a setting to change the diagnostic web server port, I think that is fixed as 8080.

[phrend]

The "Web server port" setting under Settings > Network > Servers is for the port for the remote control interface, so if you change that setting to 8800 then the standard remote apps should work again. I don't believe there is a setting to change the diagnostic web server port, I think that is fixed as 8080.

Ahhh, I think I see what's happening.

My "Web server port" setting under My Settings > Network > Servers is currently set to 8080, and 8080 is where the diagnostic web server is listening. I think that I changed this setting the first time I enabled the web server, so I got the impression that this setting controlled the diagnostic web server, since it's listening on 8080.

My remote control port is currently 8081 - the boxee code must add 1 to any port that's already in use without any kind of notification to the user... that should be improved.