Sony STR-DN1080 API JSON

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#1

I have finally found documentation regarding Sony’s API to control my AVR. Unfortunately, for me, it uses JSON. Can someone please provide me with some simple instructions for getting a vera scene to post JSON?

I was able to change the input device using POSTMAN:

http://ip_address:10000/sony/avContent

Then the JSON body

{
“method”:“setPlayContent”,
“id”:47,
“params”:[
{
“output”:“extOutput:zone?zone=1”,
“uri”:“extInput:sacd-cd”
}
],
“version”:“1.2”
}

Sony’s documentation can be found here: https://developer.sony.com/develop/audio-control-api/#overview-content

Thanks in advance for your help!

#2

Not directly related, but my STR-DN1080’s network connections stopped working like 4 years ago, both wi-fi and cable. Wi-fi was going in and out over about a month and then just would not connect. The AVR network connection is greyed out like the card fried or disconnected.

I opened up the unit to see if something became loose but nothing was amiss. I spent weeks scouring the Internet looking for anyone having a similar issue. Not wanting to take it to a shop, I just gave up.

You had or heard of someone having a similar experience?

#3

Hi,

To use POST requests you would need to write some LUA code and at the moment quite a bit to make use of the LUA standard requests library. You can find an example using a post request here: [url=https://github.com/reneboer/openLuup-CarNet/blob/master/src/L_CarNet1.lua]https://github.com/reneboer/openLuup-CarNet/blob/master/src/L_CarNet1.lua[/url] lines 280-342. You probably can trim things down to your specific need.

Note that there is a luup.request documented in the wiki, but that is likely to crash the LUA engine of your Vera in the current Vera release.

Cheers Rene