Reboot Chromecast - Printable Version

Code:

-- ****** Control Chromecast with 1 byte object version 1.0 created by Erwin van der Zwart ******* --
-- **************************************** SET PARAMETERS *************************************** --

-- Chromecast IP address
ip_chromecast = '192.168.10.23'

-- Additional info from browser about 
-- http://192.168.10.23:8008/ssdp/device-desc.xml
-- http://192.168.10.23:8008/setup/scan_results
-- http://192.168.10.23:8008/setup/eureka_info?options=detail
-- http://192.168.10.23:8008/setup/supported_timezones
-- http://geeknizer.com/how-chromecast-works-chromecast-protocol-explained/

value = event.getvalue()

require 'socket.http'

function control_chromecast(uri, request)
  local request_body = request
  local response_body = { }
  local res, code, response_headers = socket.http.request
  {
    url = "http://" .. ip_chromecast .. ":8008/" .. uri;
    method = "POST";
    headers = 
    {
      ["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
      ["Content-Length"] = #request_body;
    };
    source = ltn12.source.string(request_body);
    sink = ltn12.sink.table(response_body);
  }
  return res, code, response_headers
end

-- Action on value 1
if value == 1 then
    -- Start Youtube video
    res, code, response_headers = control_chromecast('apps/YouTube', [[v=_iuBO1lkch8]])
end

-- Action on value 2
if value == 2 then
    -- Stop Youtube video
    res, code, response_headers = control_chromecast('apps/YouTube', [[DELETE]])
end

-- Action on value 3
if value == 3 then
    -- Start Chromecast Homescreen
    res, code, response_headers = control_chromecast('apps/ChromeCast', [[]])
end

-- Log results
resulthandling = false

if resulthandling == true then
  -- Handler for results
  log("Status:", res and "OK" or "FAILED")
  log("HTTP code:", code)
  log("Response headers:")
  if type(response_headers) == "table" then
    for k, v in pairs(response_headers) do
      log(k, ":", v)
    end
  else
    -- Would be nil, if there is an error
    log("Not a table:", type(response_headers))
  end
  log("Response body:")
  if type(response_body) == "table" then
    log(table.concat(response_body))
  else
  end
end

Code:

require'socket.http'
response_body = {}
request_body = [[{"params":"now"}]]
socket.http.request{
  url = "http://192.168.22.99:8008/setup/reboot";
    method = "POST";
    headers = {
    ["Content-Type"] = "application/json";
         ["Content-Length"] = string.len(request_body)
     };
     source = ltn12.source.string(request_body);
     sink = ltn12.sink.table(response_body);
}