NScriptHelper.dll

[jcole998]

How does one use NScriptHelper from the command line in Windows? It's a .dll.

Also, I use several "calls" using the http …/services format. Does this already work and can I try it?

Thanks.

[sub]

How does one use NScriptHelper from the command line in Windows? It's a .dll.

It's a .net core application, so you run it like this:

dotnet NScriptHelper.dll -updateepg
dotnet NScriptHelper.dll -status

Also, I use several "calls" using the http …/services format. Does this already work and can I try it?

Not sure what you're asking here. Yes, you can directly call these urls if you want.

[mvallevand]

Not sure what you're asking here. Yes, you can directly call these urls if you want.

I thought you didn't want us to call them without going through a sid login.

Martin

[sub]

I thought you didn't want us to call them without going through a sid login.

Yeah, they need to be logged in, supplying sid etc (like the Kodi addon does). He didn't give enough detail about exactly what he was saying there.

[sub]

With NScriptHelper, if you're using anything other than localhost, and the default pin of 0000, then you can use these extra parameters:

dotnet NScriptHelper.dll -server:192.168.1.32:8866 -pin:1234 -status

[jcole998]

I was following your replies nicely until the sid login part(post#3). Is this also done from the command line?

Also, can all these commands be included in a batch file and scheduled to run without a user signed in?

[mvallevand]

The need for the sid on localhost is something that sub and I disagree on (I like to ask users to do things from the browser) but basically in theory all API calls need to be authenticated. I did post a python example of the process of obtaining the sid here https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...post538749

The API is not user/password based it uses the sid for security and no user needs to be signed in. Of course if you are running your server interactively then you running as user. I run as a scheduled task to avoid this.

Martin

[sub]

What type of calls are you wanting to do? I can probably add them to NScriptHelper. It takes care of the logging in etc, and makes these same types of calls.

[jcole998]

I use two "calls"(so far) in addition to SQL calls to the database, all from Powershell:

-Pending recordings
...services/service?method=recording.lists&list=pending
-Schedule recording
...services/service?method=recording.save&event_id=221347890&directory_id=Hallmark

I can't recall even looking if NScriptHelper can do this. Maybe I should use NScriptHelper?

[sub]

What I might do is make it possible to pass a url to NScriptHelper, and it'll do the login for you and add the sid to the call, then return you the result.