Launch indigohost from within python script

[nlagaros]

I'm just a beginner with python and am not up to creating a plugin just yet. I would like to access Indigo from within an existing python script I have so I can write to variables and turn devices on and off. Is there an easy way to launch indigohost and execute a command?

[matt (support)]

We are in the process of adding an option to the Execute Action UI so that you can execute an Indigo python script (embedded or via a file) in addition to AppleScript. Once that is done it will be easy, but until then it is only possible via a plugin or the interactive shell.

[nlagaros]

Don't think that would work for this particular application. I have an always running server app that I would never launch from within Indigo - unless I went the plugin route. Guess I will have to investigate plugins. I have scripts that I use for the Russound RNET that I've been playing with - I will have a pretty neat control page for it soon enough.

[matt (support)]

A native plugin would be the optimal approach, but there might be some other approaches as well eventually. Let me think about it for a bit.

[jamus]

I'm just a beginner with python and am not up to creating a plugin just yet. I would like to access Indigo from within an existing python script I have so I can write to variables and turn devices on and off. Is there an easy way to launch indigohost and execute a command?

Have you looked at the RESTful API? In Indigo 4, I used it primarily to update variables, but it's possible to turn devices on and off too. Here's some code I used to update variables:

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def setVariable(host,port,root,variable,value):
            conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(host,port)
            params = urllib.urlencode({'value':value})
            headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
            url=root+"/variables/"+variable
            conn.request("PUT",url,params,headers)
            response = conn.getresponse()
            if (response.status==303):
              conn.close
              return response
            print "Problem setting "+variable+" to "+str(value)+": "+str(response.status)+" "+response.reason
            print response.read()
            conn.close()
            return response

[matt (support)]

Oh yeah, I had forgotten about that. Great suggestion I think for what he is looking for.

[nlagaros]

That did the trick! Thanks!

[bschollnick2]

I'm just a beginner with python and am not up to creating a plugin just yet. I would like to access Indigo from within an existing python script I have so I can write to variables and turn devices on and off. Is there an easy way to launch indigohost and execute a command?

Have you looked at the RESTful API? In Indigo 4, I used it primarily to update variables, but it's possible to turn devices on and off too. Here's some code I used to update variables:

Jamus,

Don't forget, I have a unofficial Restful wrapper for Indigo already constructed in Python.
Restful Link

The main benefit, is that I've already done much of the work, and it's a bit more abstracted... And completely reusable, as a standalone module.

[nlagaros]

Thanks for all the help. I shelled out to curl initially, but this wrapper looks perfect.

[bschollnick2]

Thanks for all the help. I shelled out to curl initially, but this wrapper looks perfect.

Feel free to give me feedback, it was designed with Indigo 4 in mind, but v5 features can be added as well...
And feel free to send suggestions for code, etc...

[jamus]

Jamus,

Don't forget, I have a unofficial Restful wrapper for Indigo already constructed in Python.
Restful Link

The main benefit, is that I've already done much of the work, and it's a bit more abstracted... And completely reusable, as a standalone module.

Yep, I completely forgot, which I feel terrible about because we had a discussion on this forum about the Python API a while back.

I think there's still use for your API in 5.0. I get the impression that remote access via python, if even possible, would require an indigo installation to get the necessary modules. I haven't had a chance to read through all the documentation, so I could be mistaken.

[bschollnick2]

Jamus,

Don't forget, I have a unofficial Restful wrapper for Indigo already constructed in Python.
Restful Link

The main benefit, is that I've already done much of the work, and it's a bit more abstracted... And completely reusable, as a standalone module.

Yep, I completely forgot, which I feel terrible about because we had a discussion on this forum about the Python API a while back.

I think there's still use for your API in 5.0. I get the impression that remote access via python, if even possible, would require an indigo installation to get the necessary modules. I haven't had a chance to read through all the documentation, so I could be mistaken.

Not with the Restful API Wrapper. It's completely independent of Indigo.. It's effectively just using the Python equivalent of CURL to communicate with Indigo.

- Benjamin

[jamus]

I think there's still use for your API in 5.0. I get the impression that remote access via python, if even possible, would require an indigo installation to get the necessary modules. I haven't had a chance to read through all the documentation, so I could be mistaken.

Not with the Restful API Wrapper. It's completely independent of Indigo.. It's effectively just using the Python equivalent of CURL to communicate with Indigo.

- Benjamin

I meant that remote access with the official Python API may not be possible or require an indigo installation.