JSON-RPC API

Overview

JSON RPC is a HTTP-based interface for communicating with XBMC. It replaces the now-depreceated HTTP API, and offers a more secure and robust mechanism in the same format. It is based upon the JSON RPC 2.0 specification.

Enabling JSON RPC

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To enable the JSON RPC interface in XBMC the "Allow External Control of XBMC" option must be enabled in the settings page. To control XBMC from other computers the "Allow Control from other computers" must also be enabled.

Note: The EventServer is a different interface for sending remote keypresses to XBMC, and must be enabled separately, some programs may use both interfaces.

XBMC API

The XBMC JSON api is split up into namespaces, which contain methods that can be called. These namespaces are:

JSONRPC          A variety of standard JSONRPC calls
Player           Manages all available players
MusicPlayer      Audio playback control
VideoPlayer      Video playback control
Slideshow        Picture playback control
Playlist         Playlist Modification
Files            Shares information
MusicLibrary     Audio Library Information
VideoLibrary     Video Library Information
System           System Controls and Information
XBMC             Application controls

Namespace1

Namespace1.Method1

Plays a specified index in the playlist

PARAMETERS
index          integer    The playlist index of the item to start playing