From lua to AppleScript

I want to use this code in AppleScript to control my TV.

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TV = Net.FHttp("192.168.1.6",1925)
jsonString = {id="hdmi1"}
jsonTable = json.encode(jsonString)
response, status, errorCode = TV:POST("/1/sources/current?callback=", jsonTable )


Is there a guide for how to do this? If I just use curl and try to post the jsonString it gives back "bad argument".

[jay (support)]

AppleScript isn't very well suited to this task. Python, however, is quite good at both HTTP and JSON.

I'm unclear from your example exactly what's happening though: it looks like you're doing a POST of some JSON data to a url that looks incomplete ("http://192.168.1.6:1925/1/sources/current?callback="). I don't know LUA so I can't really translate. If you can describe exactly what the communication looks like then we can probably figure out the right Python.

I'm basically doing this:
http://jointspace.sourceforge.net/proje ... c/API.html

Thanks for further help. I'm now getting into Python.

[jay (support)]

Yep, that should be quite straight-forward in Python. I highly recommend finding one of the many Python tutorials out on the net and just working your through it. It won't take long and will give you a much better base of understanding before trying to tackle something more complex.

I'm doing this learning by doing. But something like this has been done before, so I'm actually looking forward to a code snippet from somebody who does this already.

Try putting together the url and test it in your browser. If it gives the right response, then use curl in an shell script or applescript

i.e.

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#!/bin/sh
curl "http://192.168.1.6:1925/1/sources/current?callback=(whatever this is)"


Like Jay said, the url appears incomplete as there should be something after the "="
I learn like you, trial and error, copy and paste.
I am just taking a stab as I really don't know....

in applescript it would be something like:

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do shell script "curl 'http//192.168.1.6:1925/1/sources/current?callback=(whatever this is)'"

Thanks.

It is all described here:
http://jointspace.sourceforge.net/proje ... -POST.html


For someone like jay an easy task I guess. What do you think?