How to execute code or a URL on a PC from webcore?

[sporadic_kit (Lewis)]

Hi All,

I have just purchased myself a Windows 10 mini PC. Its only use will be to stream youtube music to my home AV receiver.

I have figured out a way to open my youtube playlist by running a URL on a PC. So my next step is to find a way to make webcore open a URL on the PC. Open to suggestions here. Is there an easy way to do it?

Im thinking the easiest way will be to make the PC into a webserver that just listens for any URL call to it and then executes that call locally. Not sure how to do that yet so researching it now. Maybe there is a better way?

Cheers

[Ryan780]

Take a look at EventGhost.

[OBSOLETE] Send Events to EventGhost

EventGhost is an open source tool for Windows automation that has been in use by HA and HTPC folks for well over a decade. EventGhost allows the user to take actions in response to events triggered by various programs and devices in your environment. EventGhost can be used as a general rule engine, scheduler, or device handler that is run locally and as such isn’t dependent upon the ST cloud. Programming actions in response to events is done through a simple drag-and-drop interface that is reliable and easy to use. This SmartApp allows you to send events from SmartThings to an EventGhost server running the Webserver plugin. The result is that events from your SmartThings switches, dimmers, motion sensors, etc can now trigger actions in EventGhost. Version 1.0.0 - 2015-09-13 - Initia…

Create a virtual device in ST that EventGhost “subscribes” to and do the actions based on that. I do it for a few different things and works well.