Command Line switch & Curl : How to pretty print response?

cklit · January 3, 2018, 11:28am

Hi all,

This is probably an easy one for many of you guys, but I’m not skilled enough to figure it out

I’m trying to move my HomeAssistant setup to hass.io, but have problems with my command line switches for my B&O products.

In my existing and working setup I have a Command_state that looks something like this (from memory):
curl -X GET ‘http://192.168.xxx.xxx:8080/BeoZone/Zone/ActiveSources’ -H ‘content-type: application/json’ | python -mjson | grep ‘inUse’

The response I get from that command (without the mjson and grep command) is a quite long json string, but the main thing is that the word ‘inUse’ is only there when the TV is on, and therefor I can use it for status.

Is there any way I can do the same in hassio?

Thanks!

dodacs · January 3, 2018, 11:58pm

Try use jq instead of python -mjson. It would be something like:
curl -X GET ‘http://192.168.xxx.xxx:8080/BeoZone/Zone/ActiveSources’ -H ‘content-type: application/json’ | jq ‘.inUse’

Or have a look on this post to try fix the use of python on the command line switch:

Hope it hepls

cklit · January 4, 2018, 5:48am

Thanks! I’ll give it a try tonight and post the result

cklit · January 4, 2018, 7:15am

Couldn’t wait I’ve tried jq now and it works like a charm - and it’s easier to understand for me, so it’s a win-win

The final command ended up being: curl -X GET -H “Content-Type: application/json” “http://192.16
8.xxx.xxx:8080/BeoZone/Zone/ActiveSources/” | jq “.primaryExperience.source.inUse”

which just gives me true back.
Thanks again