How to refresh widgets in KODI through python with JSON-RPC, with http authorization by marking an episode watched/unwatched.

python_widget_refresh.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import requests
import json
import base64

kodi_credentials = b'user:pass'
kodi_encoded_credentials = base64.b64encode(kodi_credentials)
kodi_authorization = b'Basic ' + kodi_encoded_credentials
kodi_header = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': kodi_authorization }
kodi_ip = '127.0.0.1'
kodi_port = '8080'
kodi_url = 'http://' + kodi_ip + ':' + kodi_port + '/jsonrpc'

kodi_params = ('{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"VideoLibrary.SetEpisodeDetails","params":{"episodeid":1,"playcount": 1},"id":"1"}')
kodi_response = requests.post(kodi_url, headers=kodi_header, data=kodi_params)
json_data = json.dumps(kodi_response.json(), indent=4, sort_keys=True)
print(json_data)

kodi_params = ('{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"VideoLibrary.SetEpisodeDetails","params":{"episodeid":1,"playcount": 0},"id":"1"}')
kodi_response = requests.post(kodi_url, headers=kodi_header, data=kodi_params)
json_data = json.dumps(kodi_response.json(), indent=4, sort_keys=True)
print(json_data)