exaile plugin to allow play/pause over http for remote control

__init__.py

# support for stop, prev, next by Paul Martrenchar

from xl import event
from xl import player

import threading
import socket

socket_thread = None

class ThreadedSocket(threading.Thread):
   def run(self):
       self._stop = threading.Event()
       s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
       s.settimeout(0.5)
       s.bind(('127.0.0.1', 6789))
       s.listen(1)
       while True:
           try:
               c, d = s.accept()
               rev = c.recv(128)[:4]
               if rev == 'pause':
                   if player.PLAYER.is_playing() or player.PLAYER.is_paused():
                       player.PLAYER.toggle_pause()
                   else:
                       player.QUEUE.play()
               elif rev == 'next':
                   player.QUEUE.next()
               elif rev == 'prev':
                   player.QUEUE.prev()
               elif rev == 'stop':
                   player.PLAYER.stop()

               c.close()
           except socket.error:
               if self._stop.isSet():
                   s.close()
                   break

   def stop(self):
       self._stop.set()

def enable(exaile):
   if(exaile.loading):
       event.add_callback(_enable, 'exaile_loaded')
   else:
       _enable(None, exaile, None)

def _enable(eventname, exaile, nothing):
   global socket_thread
   socket_thread = ThreadedSocket()
   socket_thread.start()

def disable(exaile):
   global socket_thread
   if socket_thread:
       socket_thread.stop()

def teardown(exaile):
   global socket_thread
   if socket_thread:
       socket_thread.stop()

pause.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(('localhost', 6789))
s.send('pause\n')
s.close()