pi_screencontrol_webthing

A web connected screen control of Raspberry Pi

The screen control package exposes a http webthing endpoint which supports activating the screen. E.g.

# webthing has been started on host 192.168.0.23

curl http://192.168.0.23:9122/properties 

{
"activated": true,
"log": "[2022-02-25T14:40:18]  XAUTHORITY=~pi/.Xauthority DISPLAY=:0 xset s 180\n
        [2022-02-25T14:40:18]  XAUTHORITY=~pi/.Xauthority DISPLAY=:0 xset dpms 180 180  180\n
        [2022-02-25T14:40:18]  XAUTHORITY=~pi/.Xauthority DISPLAY=:0 xset s 180\n
        [2022-02-25T14:40:18]  XAUTHORITY=~pi/.Xauthority DISPLAY=:0 xset dpms 180 180  180"
}

To install this software you may use PIP package manager such as shown below

sudo pip install pi_screencontrol_webthing

After this installation you may start the webthing http endpoint inside your python code or via command line using

sudo screen --command listen --port 9832

Here, the webthing API will be bind to the local port 9832

Alternatively to the listen command, you can use the register command to register and start the webthing service as systemd unit. By doing this the webthing service will be started automatically on boot. Starting the server manually using the listen command is no longer necessary.

sudo screen --command register --port 9832