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Virtuoso
July 10, 2020

Sonos Command Line Controller Available (Python soco-cli)

  • July 10, 2020
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I’ve created a simple command line control program for Sonos, implemented in Python. I find it very useful for creating a variety of Sonos control scripts (e.g., using cron to run scripts at specific times), and sometimes just for quickly controlling my Sonos systems when I don’t want to start the app.

It works with S1, S2, and split Sonos systems, and it should run on any OS that supports Python 3.

If you’re comfortable using Python and the command line, you may find it useful, too. It’s quite powerful, with a wide range of control actions, yet simple to install and use.

GitHub: https://github.com/avantrec/soco-cli

PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/soco-cli

This is an early release, so expect some bugs and limitations. I’d welcome your feedback and suggestions.

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    FlipLewis
    Lyricist I
    January 14, 2022

    Awesome PWT!  This is great.  Thank you.

      pwt
      pwtAuthor
      Virtuoso
      February 5, 2022

      For anyone using SoCo-CLI’s HTTP API server feature, I’ve now added the ability to parameterise macros. This is quite a powerful feature and is available in v0.4.38 and later. The details are in the documentation at:

      https://github.com/avantrec/soco-cli/blob/master/README.md#macro-arguments

      Any questions or problems, just let me know ...

      4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
        CBCB
        Lyricist I
        August 19, 2022

        @pwt Very nice piece of software!

        When using the http-api-server, I am not able to add a sharelink (e.g. the one you provided in the docs: https://music.apple.com/dk/album/black-velvet/217502930?i=217503142)

        http://api.example.com:8000/Dachgeschoss/sharelink/https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Fdk%2Falbum%2Fblack-velvet%2F217502930%3Fi%3D217503142

        Always returns { "detail": "Not Found" }

        What am I doing wrong? Do I need to encode the link or somehow escape it?

        Regards
        Christian

         

        pwt
        pwtAuthor
        Virtuoso
        August 19, 2022

        @pwt Very nice piece of software!

        When using the http-api-server, I am not able to add a sharelink (e.g. the one you provided in the docs: https://music.apple.com/dk/album/black-velvet/217502930?i=217503142)

        http://api.example.com:8000/Dachgeschoss/sharelink/https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Fdk%2Falbum%2Fblack-velvet%2F217502930%3Fi%3D217503142

        Always returns { "detail": "Not Found" }

        Defect raised at: https://github.com/avantrec/soco-cli/issues/38

        4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
        pwt
        pwtAuthor
        Virtuoso
        August 20, 2022

        @pwt Very nice piece of software!

        When using the http-api-server, I am not able to add a sharelink (e.g. the one you provided in the docs: https://music.apple.com/dk/album/black-velvet/217502930?i=217503142)

        http://api.example.com:8000/Dachgeschoss/sharelink/https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Fdk%2Falbum%2Fblack-velvet%2F217502930%3Fi%3D217503142

        Always returns { "detail": "Not Found" }

        Defect raised at: https://github.com/avantrec/soco-cli/issues/38

        Fixed in v0.4.51.

        4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
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