Kodicli

Kodicli provide a Kodi RPC client to perform basic controls of the GUI and the player. It comes with the following functions.

• SendTextInputRequest

Send text to Kodi.

• SendPlayPauseRequest

Send a request to Play/Pause the player.

• SendStopRequest

Send a request to Stop the player.

• SendInputRequest

Interact with GUI. The following variables are provided as possible parameter.

RPC Method	Description	Variable
Input.Up	Move up in GUI	InputUp
Input.Down	Move down in GUI	InputDown
Input.Left	Move left in GUI	InputLeft
Input.Right	Move right in GUI	InputRight
Input.Select	Select current item in GUI	InputSelect
Input.Home	Go to home window in GUI	InputHome
Input.Back	Go back in GUI	InputBack
Input.ContextMenu	Open context dialog	InputContextMenu

Example

package main

import (
	"github.com/jderail/kodicli"
)

func main() {

	kodi, err := kodicli.New("192.168.1.125", 8080, "kodi", "")
	if err != nil {
		panic("Failed to initialize Kodicli")
	}
	_, err = kodi.SendPlayPauseRequest()
	if err != nil {
		panic("Failed to Play/Pause")
	}

}