Feature request: support rfid scanner to select songs

[tobiasnix]

Would be nice to have support for rfid-scanner and ID management. If the box is in jukebox mode it would give easy access to the media collection eg for kids.

Functionality needed:

• Scan a RFID card
• Assign / remove scanned ID to a song, playlist, video, ...
• Play a song, playlist, video, ... whatever was connected to that ID.

[heyarne]

You can probably hack this together using the REST api. The relevant parts are documented here.

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[jooola]

What about QR codes linking to some resources ?

[heyarne]

What about QR codes linking to some resources ?

Yes, this is why I suggested the REST api. Playing a song can basically be done by calling http://your-server/rest/stream?f=json&v=1.15.0&u=username&p=password&c=some-client-name. Other functionality could be implemented in a similar way.

[jvoisin]

I do agree with @heyarne (except for the part about sending passwords in cleartext in GET): QR codes and RFID stuff are a bit out of scope for the core of a media-streamer. This is exactly why there is an API, to allow people to plug crazy things to it.

[heyarne]

except for the part about sending passwords in cleartext in GET

Don't get me wrong: I don't think that's a good idea, but unfortunately that's the current status of the REST API. You can see #69 or #474 (comment) for more info.

[jvoisin]

I don't think that it's worth keeping this issue open, since odds are that nobody will implement this.
Feel free to prove me wrong, I'll be happy to review your pull-request.