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This is still in pre-release development. You probably shouldn't use this unless you like pain.

What is this?

Cast tabs with videos to a server hooked up a TV using bookmarklets!

Wha? Cast videos to a server?

Install youtubedl-cast to your handy Raspberry Pi or server hooked up to your TV and send videos to it from any youtube-dl compatible page.

Using bookmarklets?

Proprietary vendor plugin systems like Chrome extensions and Firefox add-ons are lame and non-portable: embed javascript in bookmarklets for easy, browser agnostic functionality! One click to play the current tab's video on your TV!

Installation

$ npm install -g youtubedl-cast

$ youtubedl-cast

generate key + cert

TODO: key/cert generation for https

Cast videos: bookmarklet

Paste the following bookmarklet verbatim as a new bookmark in your browser of choice:

javascript:var SERVER="https://localhost:9100";var request = new XMLHttpRequest(); var url = encodeURIComponent(location.href); request.open("GET", SERVER+"/play/"+url, true); request.onreadystatechange = function() { var done = 4, ok = 200; if (request.readyState == done && request.status == ok) { if (request.responseText) { alert(request.responseText); } } }; request.send(null);

Don't forget to replace the value of SERVER with the IP:port tuple of your choosing.

HTTP API

youtubedl-cast exposes a simple HTTP interface:

/play/:urlplays the media at the provided :url (url-encoded)

(more routes forthcoming)

License

BSD