API

tonidiek

Hello I'm trying to use API to cancel active connections from external pc with client kodi and vlc, but it doesn't works
curl -u USER:PASS -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:9981/api/status/connections/cancel?id=all"
always get curl: (52) Empty reply from server

davep

tonidiek Try curl -u username:password "http://127.0.0.1:9981/api/connections/cancel?id=all"

Tvheadend must be set to use Basic or Basic+Digest authentication and the version number must be greater than 4.3.1680.

tonidiek

Yes i have this options enable, and I can do for example this request: http://127.0.0.1:9981/api/status/connections"

I tried with user and pass and got the same result, also use different users
I thought I had the latest beta version(HTS Tvheadend 4.3.0_pre+202505231322)but from what you tell me there is a newer version. Where can I find it?

Thanks

davep

tonidiek If I try the command while streaming a channel with VLC I also get the "Empty reply from server" response, but the connection is dropped as expected. I wonder if Kodi re-connects if TVH drops the connection?

tonidiek I thought I had the latest beta version(HTS Tvheadend 4.3.0pre+202505231322)but from what you tell me there is a newer version. Where can I find it?

No, 4.3.1680 is very old; the latest is 4.3.2398.

tonidiek

Thank you, I do an update version and now the request works fine, but the real problem is another, I have 2 iptv networks with the same name channels and merge options, I want to record always on IPTV2network, with network priority I can use IPTV1network for streaming live and IPTV2network for DVR, but the problem is when the channel is streaming on IPTV1network if I begin the DVR recording tvh use the IPTV1network without swapping the networks.

I want to do a Pre-processor command with the script to finish the connections before the record begins, but the script disconnect clients after the DVR begin the recording. Any way to force the script begins before recording start? .

davep

tonidiek the problem is when the channel is streaming on IPTV1network if I begin the DVR recording tvh use the IPTV1network without swapping the networks.

Tvheadend will always (I think) prefer to re-use an existing running service rather than start another one.

Any way to force the script begins before recording start?

The script runs before the recording starts but after the input source for the recording has been chosen.

I think the only way to achieve what you want is to not merge the channels from the two networks, but give them different names. You can then select channels from your IPTV sources manually.

tonidiek

Ok, I understand. to solve my problem I'm trying to do a script that cancels all the streaming connections and the last recording, after a few seconds recreates the same recording. I can successfully disconnect clients(kodi and vlc) and delete the recording. The problem is that I can't create a post API recording, I always get a 400 error.

Which are the minimum parameters to send via post API to create a recording?
My example:
curl -X POST "http://localhost:9981/api/dvr/entry/create" \ -u user:pass \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "enabled": true, "start": $START, # Unix Timestamp format "stop": $STOP, "channelname": "Run Time Series (ES)", "uuid" : "f2941280b0d0bbdf77256330d4db1c5b", "title": {"spa": "my title"}, "config_name": "", #default it's empty string }'

davep

tonidiek Look at the first example in https://docs.tvheadend.org/documentation/development/json-api/api-description/dvr#dvr-entry-create

The JSON is the value field for a parameter "conf".

UUID cannot be specified - Tvheadend creates one itself. Also the parser is very simplistic and I doubt it will cope with comments.

tonidiek

I check to create with API paremerts: start\stop\channel\title\subtitle. and now works fine. Now I can do the Pre-processor command script and always delete recording, disconnect clients and recreate recording with the highest priority network.

Thanks for the support