LGWebOSRemote (@ouija fork)

Command line webOS remote for LGTVs. This tool uses a connection via websockets to port 3000 on newer LG TVs, there are other tools which use a restful connection to port 8080 however that port is closed on newer firmware versions.

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ouija fork changes:

This version saves the configuration file under the same folder path as the script itself; Not under the user home directory.

ADDED: notificationWithURL command, allows any media URL (image, rtsp video, etc) to be passed and displayed as thumbnail with notification message.
(note that this requires both ffmpeg v4.2.2> and base64 [coreutils-base64] packages installed to work correctly!)

Supported models

Tested with

UF830V, UJ6570, [please add more!]

Updated to work with Python 3.8.3 on Linux (QNAP w/Entware), your milage may vary.

Likely supports

All devices with firmware major version 4, product name "webOSTV 2.0"

Also tested by @ouija with "webOSTV 3.5"

Available Commands

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auth                  Hostname/IP     Authenticate and exit, creates initial config ~/.lgtv.json
audioStatus           
audioVolume           
closeApp              appid
getTVChannel          
input3DOff            
input3DOn             
inputChannelDown      
inputChannelUp        
inputMediaFastForward  
inputMediaPause       
inputMediaPlay        
inputMediaRewind      
inputMediaStop        
listApps              
listChannels          
listInputs            
listServices          
mute                  muted
notification          message
nofificationWithURL   message  url
off                   
on                    
openAppWithPayload    payload
openBrowserAt         url
openYoutubeId         videoid
openYoutubeURL        url
setInput              input_id
setTVChannel          channel
setVolume             level
startApp              appid
swInfo                
volumeDown            
volumeUp

Install

Requires wakeonlan, websocket for python and arp (in Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install net-tools)

There's a requirements.txt included

virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Example usage

$ python lgtv.py on
$ python lgtv.py off

# If you have the youtube plugin
$ python lgtv.py openYoutubeURL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

# Otherwise, this works reasonably well
$ python lgtv.py openBrowserAt https://www.youtube.com/tv#/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Caveats

You need to auth with the TV before being able to use the on command as it requires the mac address.

Bugs

YouTube doesn't appear to work via the openYoutubeURL or openYoutubeId command with "webOSTV 3.5" I believe it is because YouTube needs to be paired with the device and this script currently doesn't support that.

I found some examples of this 'pairing' method in other sources:

I also found the "mute" command does not work unless invoked with the command python lgtv.py mute muted and then a volumeUp or volumeDown command will unmute.

ouija/LGWebOSRemote