WebOS Remote
HTML/JS/WebSocket based remote for LG TVs using WebOS. No more girlfriend asking for the remote ;)
Getting started
To get the remote to run, install it via npm.
npm i -g webos-remote
After you've installed it you can start the remote server with
TV_IP=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx webos-remote
Alternatively you can specify TV_IP in your .bash_profile.
If you fancy it, get a small raspberry pi, hook it up on the network and let this run as a service so your remote is available from everywhere in your home and on your mobile.
Caveats
Right now you have to enter a IP at the beginning. This might be improved with usage of the dgram library and broadcasting a packet to which the TV responds.
Currently you need to have a node server to proxy the requests as WebOS checks for the origin and seems to reject it if it doesn't come from node for some reason so there is a WebSocket Proxy running in the back.
A new websocket connection to the TV is created every time a client opens the website. This might be reduced to a single connection.
This is currently not responsive as this was hacked together in about 6 hours so chances are it doesn't look right on mobile devices or small screens.
License
Copyright (c) 2015 Daniel Klingmann info@sargodarya.de
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.
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