def console(request):
console = VLCController()
error = None
output = None
try:
output = console.handshake().split("\n")[:-1]
if (request.method == 'POST'):
output = console.command(
request.POST['command'].encode('utf-8')).split("\n")[:-1]
console.close()
except socket.error:
error = "VLC is not running, run VLC via SSH."
results = {
'status': ('error' if error else 'ok'),
'output':
(('### ERROR ###', error, '### ERROR ###') if error else output),
}
if (request.method == 'POST'):
return HttpResponse(json.dumps(results), mimetype="application/json")
else:
results['section'] = 'console'
results['title'] = 'VLC Console'
return render_to_response('console.html',
results,
context_instance=RequestContext(request))
