python TCP server to remotely control Boxee

[brrt]

Hi All,

excuse me for this newbie question, but using the python API, would it be possible to run a TCP server on the background that interacts with Boxee so I can use this to remotely control Boxee?

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
thanks in advance.

[agentlame]

I think you will want to look into the Remote Control API. The Python API is for apps that run IN Boxee. The Remote API allows you to send control messages.

It is not limited to Python, either. You can use any language to control Boxee.
http://developer.boxee.tv/Remote_Control_Interface

[brrt]

Hi Agentlame! Thanks for your answer.
I've already stumbled upon the httpAPI, but the thing is that Boxee doesn't reply with proper HTTP headers. Actually, boxee doesn't reply with HTTP headers at all.
Webbrowsers pretty much don't care about those headers, they'll show the data anyways, but in my situation I have to receive proper HTTP. This basically means that I can't use the httpAPI directly.

So the bottomline of my question is that I want to run a python script _in_ boxee that adds proper HTTP headers to the Boxee responses. So it pipes the boxee responses and creates something that I can process.
I've got a working python script now running in a box on the background, but it would be a lot nicer if boxee can start this script and keep it running in the background...
Hence my question...

So I understand that I can make a python app for boxee, but can I make a python script that starts as soon as boxee starts up, will keep running in the background and closes when boxee closes?

regards

[agentlame]

This can not be done. For no other reason than that the app would need to be running at all times.

Boxee will only run an app's python whit that app is open.

As for controlling Boxee, you could user the Player class for controlling playing media. And mc.ActivateWindow to navigate... kind of. But you would not be able to control the buttons/ui controls.

Plus, it would be HELL to write.

[brrt]

hmm... back to my original idea then. I'll write the python script so it sits in the tasktray...
No worries, that'll work as well!

thanks for your time agentlame!

[Fuzzgtp]

you could try dropping it in one of the main xml files, just make sure it has some kind block to keep it running multiple times..