lirc_web is a nodejs app that creates a web interface & JSON API for the LIRC project. It uses lirc_node to handle communication between LIRC and nodejs.

This project allows you to control LIRC from any web browser - phone, tablet, or desktop. The mobile web interface is responsive and optimized for all sized displays. In addition, with the JSON API, you can control LIRC from any web connected device - pebble watch, myo armband, emotiv EEG headset, or beyond.

This is part of the Open Source Universal Remote project.

You'll need to have LIRC installed and configured on your machine to use lirc_web. In addition, you'll need to install nodejs. Once you have LIRC and nodejs installed and configured, you'll be able to install lirc_web and it's dependencies:

git clone git://github.com/alexbain/lirc_web.git
cd lirc_web
npm install
node app.js

You're set! Verify the web interface works by opening http://SERVER:3000/ in a web browser.

If you want to have the app available via port 80 and start on boot, there are example NGINX and Upstart configuration files included in the example_configs/ directory.

As of v0.0.8, lirc_web supports customization through a configuration file (config.json) in the root of the project. There are currently four configuration options:

1. repeaters - buttons that repeatedly send their commands while pressed. A common example are the volume buttons on most remote controls. While you hold the volume buttons down, the remote will repeatedly send the volume command to your device.
2. macros - a collection of commands that should be executed one after another. This allows you to automate actions like "Play Xbox 360" or "Listen to music via AirPlay". Each step in a macro is described in the format [ "REMOTE", "COMMAND" ], where REMOTE and COMMAND are defined by what you have programmed into LIRC. You can add delays between steps of macros in the format of [ "delay", 500 ]. Note that the delay is measured in milliseconds so 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
3. commandLabels - a way to rename commands that LIRC understands (KEY_POWER, KEY_VOLUMEUP) with labels that humans prefer (Power, Volume Up).
4. remoteLabels - a way to rename the remotes that LIRC understands (XBOX360) with labels that humans prefer (Xbox 360).

{
  "repeaters": {
    "SonyTV": {
      "VolumeUp": true,
      "VolumeDown": true
    }
  },
  "macros": {
    "Play Xbox 360": [
      [ "SonyTV", "Power" ],
      [ "delay", 500 ],
      [ "SonyTV", "Xbox360" ],
      [ "Yamaha", "Power" ],
      [ "delay", 250 ],
      [ "Yamaha", "Xbox360" ],
      [ "Xbox360", "Power" ]
    ],
    "Listen to Music": [
      [ "Yamaha", "Power" ],
      [ "delay", 500 ],
      [ "Yamaha", "AirPlay" ]
    ]
  },
  "commandLabels": {
    "Yamaha": {
      "Power": "Power",
      "Xbox360": "Xbox 360",
      "VolumeUp": "Volume Up",
      "VolumeDown": "Volume Down"
    }
  },
  "remoteLabels": {
     "Xbox360": "Xbox 360"
  }
}

Building an app on top of lirc_web is straight forward with the included JSON based RESTful API.

API endpoints:

• GET /remotes.json - Returns all known remotes and commands
• GET /remotes/:remote.json - Returns all known commands for remote :remote
• GET /macros.json - Returns all known macros
• POST /remotes/:remote/:command - Send :command to :remote one time
• POST /remotes/:remote/:command/send_start - Begin sending :command
• POST /remotes/:remote/:command/send_stop - Stop sending :command
• POST /macros/:macro - Send all commands for :macro one time

Would you like to contribute to and improve lirc_web? Fantastic. To contribute patches, run tests or benchmarks, install lirc_web using the instructions above. Once that is complete, you'll need to setup the development environment.

Now, you'll need to setup the development environment. lirc_web uses the GruntJS built system to make development easier.

Install GruntJS (build environment):

npm install -g grunt-cli
npm install -g grunt-init
grunt server

You may need to reload your shell before continuing so the Grunt binares are detected.

• grunt will create all of the static assets.
• grunt server will start a development server (using sample data) and watch all static assets for change

You can run the test suite by running:

make test

Before you submit a pull request with your change, please be sure to:

• Add new tests that prove your change works as expected.
• Ensure all existing tests are still passing.

Once you're sure everything is still working, open a pull request with a clear description of what you changed and why. I will not accept a pull request which breaks existing tests or adds new functionality without tests.

The exception to this would be refactoring existing code or changing documentation.

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2013 Alex Bain <alex@alexba.in>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.