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bash script to send a UPnP message
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Send UPnP message
#
# @param 1 - host:port/query (optional when UPNP_URL is set)
# @param 2 - service#action (optional when UPNP_ACTION is set)
# @param 3 - message arguments in XML format (optional)
upnp_send()
{
# prefer arguments over presets
local UPNP_URL=${1:-$UPNP_URL}
local UPNP_ACTION=${2:-$UPNP_ACTION}
local UPNP_ARGS=${3:-$UPNP_ARGS}
# seperate host, port and query
local HOST=${UPNP_URL%%/*}
local PORT=${HOST#*:}
HOST=${HOST%:*}
local QUERY=${UPNP_URL#*/}
if [ -z "$HOST" ] ||
(( PORT == 0 )) ||
[ -z "$QUERY" ]
then
echo 'error: invalid URL' >&2
return 1
fi
# sepearte service and action
local SERVICE=${UPNP_ACTION%%#*}
local ACTION=${UPNP_ACTION##*#}
if [ -z "$SERVICE" ] ||
[ -z "$ACTION" ]
then
echo 'error: invalid service/action' >&2
return 1
fi
# prepare SOAP message
local CR=$'\r'
local MESSAGE='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
s:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
<s:Body>
<u:'${ACTION}' xmlns:u="'${SERVICE}'">'${UPNP_ARGS}'</u:'${ACTION}'>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>'
exec 6<>/dev/tcp/"$HOST"/"$PORT" || {
echo "error: can not connect to $HOST:$PORT" >&2
return 1
}
cat <<EOF >&6
POST /$QUERY HTTP/1.0$CR
Host: $HOST:$PORT$CR
SOAPAction: "${SERVICE}#${ACTION}"$CR
Content-Type: text/xml; charset="utf-8"$CR
Content-Length: ${#MESSAGE}$CR
$CR
$MESSAGE
EOF
cat <&6
exec 6<&-
exec 6>&-
}
if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "$0" ]
then
upnp_send "$@"
fi
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semeion commented Oct 16, 2017

give me a commandline usage exemple please

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