UPnP Remote

Remote control for UPnP media devices (tv, speakers, amplifiers, network streamers).

Install

npm i node-upnp-remote

Usage

const UPnPRemote = require('node-upnp-remote');

const remote = new UPnPRemote({
  url: 'http://192.168.1.150:44042/some.xml'
});

function volumeHandler(vol) {
  console.log('Volume', vol);
}

await remote.on('Volume', volumeHandler);
const volume = await remote.getVolume();
await remote.setVolume(volume + 1);
await remote.off('Volume', volumeHandler);

Events

UPnP Remote adds following events for convenience:

• Transitioning
• Playing
• Paused
• Stopped

note that all events names start with a capital letter as it is defined in UPnP

API

async setURI(options)

loads the media file to the device. Options are:

• protocolInfo – protocol information
• upnpClass - string, or you can use const upnpclass = require('node-upnp-remote/upnpclass');
• autoplay - boolean
• uri – string, uri to the file
• title – string, file title
• creator - string, file creator

or

• protocolInfo – protocol information
• uri – string, uri to the file
• metadata – object that reperesent metadata XML. Example:

{
  "@id": 0,
  "@parentId": -1,
  "@restricted": false,
  "upnp:class": "object.item.audioItem",
  "dc:title": "Title",
  "dc:creator": "Artist",
  "res": {
    "@protocolInfo": "http-get:*:video/mp3:*",
    "#text": "https://archive.org/download/testmp3testfile/mpthreetest.mp3"
  }
}

Properties names start with '@' will be parsed as attributes in the XML

async on(eventName, listener)

adds UPnP event listener

async off(eventName, listener)

removes UPnP event listener

async removeAllListeners()

removes all listeners from all UPnP events

async play(speed = 1)

sets the play speed, default is 1

async pause()

pauses current playback

async stop()

stops current playback

async seek(seconds)

sets the playback time to seconds

async next()

switches to next track

async previous()

switches to previous track

async getVolume(channel = 'Master')

Gets the volume for the channel

async setVolume(volume, channel = 'Master')

Sets the volume for the channel

async getMute(channel = 'Master')

gets the mute state for the channel

async setMute(state, channel = 'Master')

sets the mute state for the channel

async getProtocolsInfo()

returns the supported protocols

async getMediaInfo()

returns the current media info

async getPositionInfo()

returns the current position

async getTransportInfo()

returns the transport info

async getTransportSettings()

returns the transport settings

async getDeviceCapabilities()

returns the device capabilities

License MIT