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wil dulmer
Contributor I
September 3, 2013

Is there a way to control a Sonos device using a web browser?

  • September 3, 2013
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I thought I read that there was a web-app that I could use to control a Sonos device. I open my web-browser and click on a shortcut and I can then control my device. Is there a way to do this?
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      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      September 3, 2013
      check out this thread http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=855&highlight=web
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      Ryan E
      Ryan E
      Sonos Employee
      September 3, 2013
      Hi Wil,

      We have Sonos controller software on a variety of devices which you can find here, but we do not have an official web-based control interface for the system. If you'd like to see an official web-based controller from Sonos, I'd suggest adding your +1 and any comments you have to this Idea thread.

      Thanks!
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        sunloge
        sunloge
        Enthusiast I
        October 3, 2013
        And +1 to this idea : Birdge+ Web Server to control the system extend the memory limit.
        The worst fail is "not trying".
        showard1976
        Lyricist I
        May 9, 2019
        Try https://speakerscenes.com.
        controlav
        controlav
        Lead Maestro
        May 10, 2019
        jisihi also has an open source web app hosted on, I think. node.js if you want to try that. the devices themselves do host a basic http server, but its for diagnostics and UPnP, not playback ux.
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        Chris Sedgwick
        Lyricist I
        June 20, 2019
        we use iPads in an enclosure to display our meeings calendar outside each of our meeting rooms.. i would like to embed a pause / mute button that will mute the speaker is that room..

        can i do that using this node?
        pwt
        pwt
        Virtuoso
        June 20, 2019
        we use iPads in an enclosure to display our meeings calendar outside each of our meeting rooms.. i would like to embed a pause / mute button that will mute the speaker is that room..

        can i do that using this node?
        To expand on the information alluded to above: if you can run jishi's Sonos HTTP API [1] on a computer somewhere, then you can issue a wide range of commands to Sonos speakers simply by invoking URLs. It's a Node.js application.

        For example, to pause the speaker in room 'Meeting One', with the Sonos HTTP API server running on a computer at IP 10.0.0.3, you'd simply hit the following URL:

        http://10.0.0.3:5005/Meeting%20One/pause

        I use this utility for a host of Sonos automation functions, and it works very well.

        Alternatively, there are libraries like Python SoCo [2] that require a bit of simple programming, but allow the same kinds of control.

        [1] https://github.com/jishi/node-sonos-http-api
        [2] https://github.com/SoCo/SoCo
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