Kodi/XBMC light control - a (relatively) simple how-to

[toliver182]

hey all, FYI, i have created a polling based kodi manager:

[OBSOLETE] Kodi Manager - playing status and control

Update: github repo changed. This is a SmartApp which allows you to control Kodi, where HTTP control has been enabled. Controlling Kodi through SmartThings has the additional benefit that you are also be to trigger events in SmartThings based on events in Kodi, or visa versa. Such as ‘Someone is at the door, pause playback’, or ‘Kodi is playing, dim the living room lights’. Install the ‘Kodi Manager’ SmartApp from your mobile device, specify your Kodi IP and Kodi login details. This will then create a device for that kodi device. In order to accomplish this the app exposes URL endpoints including a security token for each event type and provides them to the user in a easy to copy/paste format (no more messing with REST endpoint examples and php files). Those endpoints need to be cal…