node-red-contrib-kodi

A Node-RED node to communicate Kodi over JSON RPC API.

Install

Run command on Node-RED installation directory

npm install node-red-contrib-kodi

Contains

• Kodi config node to configure connection
• Kodi-in node to send command packets: https://kodi.wiki/view/JSON-RPC_API/v9#Methods
• Kodi-out node to receive events (notifications) from Kodi app: https://kodi.wiki/view/JSON-RPC_API/v9#Notifications_2

Usage

Flow example

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