Controlling FPP via web requests / CURL

[Sonny_Jim]

Is there any way I can trigger fpp to start playing a sequence by using (for example) CURL?  I see there is some talk of JSON endpoints but no documentation that I could find.


Thanks

[k6ccc]

See this thread.  It's essentially in Alpha Test at this time...
https://falconchristmas.com/forum/index.php/topic,10365.0.html

[CaptainMurdoch]

If you want basic control via CURL, check out the example scripts in the FPP Script Repository under the Content Setup menu section.  There are lots of examples of starting/stopping playlists and effects and triggering events.

[Sonny_Jim]

Do you mean here or somewhere else?

https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp/tree/master/scripts

Edit:

I guess you mean here:

https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp-scripts/blob/master/RemoteControl/Remote-StartPlaylist.sh

Thanks for the pointer

[CaptainMurdoch]

I guess you mean here:

https://github.com/FalconChristmas/fpp-scripts/blob/master/RemoteControl/Remote-StartPlaylist.sh

Yes, that's one example.  You can preview all those scripts from the FPP UI in the "Script Repository Browser" page.  If desired, you can then install the scripts and edit them using the FPP File Manager UI.

[Sonny_Jim]

[size=0px]If desired, you can then install the scripts[/size]

I think you misunderstood my question, I'd like to be able to control playlist start/stop via an 3rd party application (in this case, ifttt.com), rather than using an existing fppd to trigger another one.  So there's no need to install the script, I'm just interested on how the triggering works


In any case, I got it working without having to install the scripts and can use my Google Home to turn my lights on and off.  The web request seems to work without any authentication, which could be a security issue if anyone should decide to expose their fpp to the internet.

[dkulp]

If using some sort of home automation, you might be better off using the MQTT commands.   


The UI does have a password thing, but I'm pretty sure it's completely broken and a bunch of things will stop working if you try and set one.   I've debated just removing it. 

[Sonny_Jim]

The UI does have a password thing, but I'm pretty sure it's completely broken and a bunch of things will stop working if you try and set one.   I've debated just removing it.

Yeah I've just tried it with a UI password set and it correctly asks for authentification before running any of the fppxml.php stuff, which is good.

[size=0px]If using some sort of home automation, you might be better off using the MQTT commands. [/size]

[size=0px]Is there any documentation for that?  Or is a case of just reading the source?[/size]

[size=0px]p.s How come I still need to type in CAPTCHAs each time I post a message?[/size]

[dkulp]

The UI does have a password thing, but I'm pretty sure it's completely broken and a bunch of things will stop working if you try and set one.   I've debated just removing it.

Yeah I've just tried it with a UI password set and it correctly asks for authentification before running any of the fppxml.php stuff, which is good.

Yea.. but there are bunch of places that need to call it that won't specify the password.   The OLED's won't display correctly, FPP connect won't work, I'm pretty sure it wipes out the settings that allow configuring the large tables (output tables), etc... 

[/size]

If using some sort of home automation, you might be better off using the MQTT commands.

Is there any documentation for that?  Or is a case of just reading the source?
p.s How come I still need to type in CAPTCHAs each time I post a message?

If you to the Settings ->Advanced Settings, it lists the events it responds to.   Not a lot of details, but very basic info.   Source is good, and patches to add even more is even better. 

[jnealand]

capchas go away after the 4th or 5th post.