foo_rest

REST interface for foobar2000. This interace does not expose anywhere close to all of foobar2000's functionality.

Uses eidheim's Simple-Web-Server (included), nlohmann's json (included), boost and the foobar2000 SDK.

Tested with Visual Studio 2015 and foobar2000 1.3.9.

Demos

Title	Description
simple.html	Minimal example showing retrieval of playlists and playlist content.
playlists.html	Example showing more advanced playlist usage. Shows retrieval and displaying of playlists and playlist content, and shows how to play songs from a playlist.
playback.html	Shows how to control some playback features, and shows how to control volume, including a volume slider displaying volume levels the same way as foobar2000.

Resources

For example usage, see demos in the /demo folder.

Resource	Description	Example	Returns
/playlists GET	Returns an array of all the playlists.	/playlists	[ { title, id, itemCount, isPlaying } ]
/playlist/{id} GET	Returns the items in a specific playlist.	/playlist/1	[ { artist, title, album, trackNumber, id, isPlaying } ]
/play/{playlistId}/{trackId} POST	Plays the specified item in the specific playlist.	/play/1/13	Nothing.
/playback/{commandId} POST	Executes the specified playback command. The list of available commands can be found in foobar::PlaybackCommand	/playback/1	Nothing.
/volume GET	Returns the current volume, in dB.	/volume	{ db }
/volume/{volume} POST	Sets the volume. Must be in dB.	/volume/-5.31	Nothing.
/volume/ismuted GET	Returns whether the volume is muted or not.	/volume/ismuted	{ isMuted }

Installing

Put foo_rest.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\foobar2000\components (or wherever foobar2000 is installed).