Example for REST calls in Python

python-rest-example.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import requests

def restcmd(command):
    # url of the REST API, player command passed via function
    url = "http://justboom.local/api/v1/commands/?cmd=" + command

    try:
        # make the request and get teh response
        response = requests.get(url)

        if(response.ok):
            # do something if the response is ok
            print("response ok")
        else:
            # do something if the response is not ok
            print("response not ok")

    # do something if a connection error occurs
    except requests.ConnectionError as e:
        print("connection error")
        
restcmd("play") # play, stop, pause, previous, next, volume