Advice required in writing a SqueezeBox controller

[mugent]

Hi,

I am looking at writing a Mac OS X app that can control my SqueezeBox, at the moment I have written a little test app that can turn it on and off, change volume etc...

It currently works by effectively pretending to be a web browser and sending HTTP URL requests to the web server, this works fine for simple things, but I'm not sure how to get, for example, a list of tracks without parsing the HTML returned.

My question is, is this the best way to achieve my goal, or should I be using the UDP based protocol?

Note: This isn't a Softsqueeze style app, i.e. it does not play music, it's just a replacement for the existing web site method of controlling the SqueezeBox.

Thanks a lot

Moray

[mherger]

> My question is, is this the best way to achieve my goal, or should I be
> using the UDP based protocol?

No, you better use the CLI (see the documentation in the server's help
section). This allows you to do almost anything within a lean and simple
protocol.

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Michael

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[ceejay]

You should also have a look at Moose before you start, which seems to do the same thing but on Windows...

Ceejay