Re: [Muine] [PATCH] InfoServer

[Brian Kerrick Nickel <kerrick cox net>]

I have a similar server I've been working on. It uses xml queries and
doesn't use a keep-alive connection with the client, so it doesn't
broadcast things like changes to the playlist. It does however allow for
querying Muine.DB and queuing/playing songs. It's usability is
demonstrated here: http://localhost:8080/music/

I think muine could stand to use a combination of the two, a keep-alive
notification server, and a request server, preferably packaged on the
same port. Ideally this would be able to replace MessageConnection.

It may be better to use Unix sockets in place of Tcp, either that or an
IP whitelist/blacklist.

- Brian Kerrick Nickel

On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 12:36 -0400, Sam Stephenson wrote:
> Attached patch listens for TCP connections on a user-specified port
> and sends a simple XML document containing player state information.
> The port number can be changed at runtime via gconf, and you can
> enable and disable the server with gconf, too.
> 
> I think this is a simple and useful way to get information about Muine
> from other applications, at least until DBUS support is added.
> 
> Here is some sample output, retrieved using netcat:
> 
> $ nc localhost 6588
> <player state="paused"><song><filename>/home/sam/Music/Mark Farina -
> San Francisco Sessions vol. 1/02 Rob Mello -
> Happiness.mp3</filename><title>Happiness</title><artist>Rob
> Mello</artist><album>San Francisco Sessions - Volume
> 1</album><duration>3:46</duration></song><position>0:03</position></player>
> 
> I haven't used C# or .NET before, so I must apologize if my code seems
> messy.  Hopefully someone will find this useful.
> 
> --
> Sam Stephenson
> sstephenson gmail com