README.md

Sends HTTP File to AppleTV for Playback

go get github.com/jeremija/appletv
appletv [apple-tv-host:port] [http-url-to-play]

Running from source:

git clone https://gist.github.com/jeremija/09976b0e5d71429571588f4b328c2a25/edit appletv
cd appletv
go run main.go [apple-tv-host:port] [http-url-to-play]

Example:

go run main.go 192.168.1.2:7000 http://path/to/file.mp4

The Connection: keep-alive header is necessary for playback to work.

main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println("starting...")
	appleTVAddr := os.Args[1]
	remoteHTTPFileURL := os.Args[2]

	body := `Content-Location: ` + remoteHTTPFileURL + `
Start-Position: 0.00001
`

	r, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "http://"+appleTVAddr+"/play", strings.NewReader(body))
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	r.Header.Set("User-Agent", "iTunes/11.0.5 (Macintosh; OS X 10.8.4) AppleWebKit/536.30.1")
	// r.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate")
	r.Header.Set("Connection", "keep-alive")
	r.Header.Set("Accept", "*/*")
	r.Header.Set("Content-Type", "text/parameters")

	var client http.Client
	res, err := client.Do(r)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(res.Proto, res.Status)
	for h, values := range res.Header {
		for _, value := range values {
			fmt.Println(h+":", value)
		}
	}

	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
}