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gochromecast

Description

Library for using chromecast. Contains partial implementations for media player controls, and youtube controls.

Usage

To install the library, run go get github.com/AndreasAbdi/gochromecast

Examples

// A simple example, showing how to find a Chromecast using mdns, and request its status.
package main

import (
"time"
"github.com/AndreasAbdi/gochromecast"
)

func main() {
    devices := make(chan *cast.Device, 100)
    cast.FindDevices(time.Second*5, devices)
    for device := range devices {
        device.PlayMedia("http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4", "video/mp4")
        time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
        device.MediaController.Pause(time.Second * 5)
        device.QuitApplication(time.Second * 5)
    }
}

For more examples of how to use it, see the examples folder.

References

References listed in docs. Ported from

• node-castv2
• node-castv2-client
• go-castv2

Documentation

Index

• func FindDevices(timeout time.Duration, devices chan<- *Device)
• type Device
  • func NewDevice(host net.IP, port int) (Device, error)
  • func (device *Device) GetMediaStatus(timeout time.Duration) []*media.MediaStatus
  • func (device *Device) GetStatus(timeout time.Duration) *receiver.Status
  • func (device *Device) Play()
  • func (device *Device) PlayMedia(URL string, MIMEType string)
  • func (device *Device) PlayYoutubeVideo(videoID string)
  • func (device *Device) QuitApplication(timeout time.Duration)

Functions

func FindDevices

func FindDevices(timeout time.Duration, devices chan<- *Device)

FindDevices searches the LAN for chromecast devices via mDNS and sends them to a channel.

Types

type Device

type Device struct {
	ReceiverController *controllers.ReceiverController
	MediaController    *controllers.MediaController
	YoutubeController  *controllers.YoutubeController
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Device Object to run basic chromecast commands

func NewDevice

func NewDevice(host net.IP, port int) (Device, error)

NewDevice is constructor for Device struct

func (*Device) GetMediaStatus

func (device *Device) GetMediaStatus(timeout time.Duration) []*media.MediaStatus

GetMediaStatus of current media controller

func (*Device) GetStatus

func (device *Device) GetStatus(timeout time.Duration) *receiver.Status

GetStatus of the device.

func (*Device) Play

func (device *Device) Play()

Play just plays.

func (*Device) PlayMedia

func (device *Device) PlayMedia(URL string, MIMEType string)

PlayMedia plays a video via the media controller.

func (*Device) PlayYoutubeVideo

func (device *Device) PlayYoutubeVideo(videoID string)

PlayYoutubeVideo launches the youtube app and tries to play the video based on its id.

func (*Device) QuitApplication

func (device *Device) QuitApplication(timeout time.Duration)

QuitApplication that is currently running on the device