Package: boxeeremotelib
boxeeremotelib: python interface to the boxee remote api==========================================================Python library to use the [boxee remote api](http://developer.boxee.tv/Remote_Control_Interface). The library includesfunctionality to discover servers via boxee's UDP-based discovery as well as an interface to the actual commands. Theintention of this project is to support a web interface to the remote and any other non-traditional uses.It is currently tested against a single boxee box and only on linux, so please share any negative results that youexperience, but it should work more widely.Scripts--------A couple of scripts are provided, *boxee_discover* and *boxee_command*.```````````````````````````````````````````$ boxee_discover192.168.1.104:8800```````````````````````````````````````````All servers on the network should be listed. A bit more functionality can be found with *boxee_command*:```````````````````````````````````````````$ boxee_command back setstring:batman$ boxee_command down select```````````````````````````````````````````From the main menu, the previous example should go back to the search screen, type 'batman', and selectthe first result. It should be noted that the server is being auto-selected, but a specific server can be given````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````$ boxee_command --host=192.168.1.104 --port=8800 getvolume100````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````In addition to the normal commands,```````````````````````````````````````````````````````$ boxee_command -lbackbackspacedowngetpercentagegetvolumeleftmutepauseplaynextplayprevrightseekpercentageseekpercentagerelativeselectsetstringsetvolumestopup````````````````````````````````````````````````````````commands can be quickly repeated by adding '_n' on to the end of  a command name, where 'n' is the numberof times to repeat the command. These repeat commands are available from the library as well.```````````````````````````````````````````````````````$ boxee_command backspace_6 setstring:misfits```````````````````````````````````````````````````````Discovery----------Discovery works by broadcasting an XML snippet on your local network. There are some validation mechanisms in place,and this library attempts to follow them more closely than many other similar libaries, but any attempts by Boxee toclean up this library seem to have fallen away. Queries are presented as the iphone remote, as boxee seems to onlyrespond to these.This mechanism, particularly on my often overloaded boxee box, is somewhat unreliable. A wake up may be needed. Someamount of reliability will likely be added in the future.```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````>>> from boxeeremotelib import Discoverer>>> d = Discoverer()>>> d.get_servers() #failed attempt{}>>> d.get_servers(){'192.168.1.104': {'application': 'boxee', 'http_port': 8800,'name': 'boxeebox', 'version': '1.5.1', 'http_auth_required': False}}```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Command Interface------------------This interface is meant to serve a number of purposes, and it is meant to be expanded on in the future.`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````>>> from boxeeremotelib import CommandSpawner, CommandInterface>>> spawner = CommandSpawner.from_discovery_result(*d.get_servers().iteritems().next())>>> ci = CommandInterface(spawner)>>> def printit(res):...     print res...>>> ci.getvolume(cb=printit)100>>> ci.setvolume(90)`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````It is likely clear from this example that the library is written with callback libraries in mind.Authors--------Library written by Kali Norby <kali.norby@gmail.com>.Thanks-------* Android [boxeeremote](http://code.google.com/p/boxeeremote/) - helpful guide, particularly for discovery