[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Many patches for using VLC media player Lua's HTTP interface with JSON

[Vicente Jiménez]

Many patches for using VLC media player Lua's HTTP interface with JSON.

Initial work.
Mimic more or less:
 - browse.xml
 - vlm.xml
 - vlm_cmd.xml
But with JSON responses.
Missing:
 - playlist.xml
 - status.xml
Obviously, I haven't done playlist.js and status.js because I only use
VLM. Conversion must be straightforward.
If you find this work useful and ask for, I'll be glad to do the JSON
version of those missing.

vlm_cmd.js has been enhanced outputting the response of the command so
vlm.js could be replaced by vlm_cmd.js?command=show.

Why this?
Because is more easy to control remotely a VLC media player from
JavaScript using JSON.

My first approach was to use the traditional HTTP server. Very
dificult to control other representation that is not XML (or markup)
based. I have those JSON versions but they're not completely correct
because I haven't figure a way to remove trailing comas in arrays and
objects.

Second approach, was to create a new Lua's JSON interface much like
Lua's HTTP interface. I've write it, putting all needed functions in
one file. When complexity grows, I realized how good could be to spit
code in several files and load them like Lua's HTTP interfce do. But I
think this could lead to a lot of code rewrite so I adapted the needed
functions to the third approach.

Third approach, adapt all those Lua's function to be used inside the
Lua's HTTP interface. I need mainly JSON responses to requests: A way
to send VLM command (vlm_cmd.js), a way to see the VLM status (vlm.js)
and a JSON version of the directory list (browse.js).

This is the result of this work. Any comment, critic or suggestion are welcome.

vicente
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