WebGrab+Plus

    awiouy  primaeval, think I have finally understood how-to set up timer service for webgrabplus.start

    On my Rpi2 running LibreELEC, I have created service.webgrabplus.service and service.webgrabplus.timer files and transferred them to

    \Storage\.config\system.d

    service.webgrabplus.service

    Code
    [Unit]
Description=WebGrab+Plus
Documentation=http://www.webgrabplus.com/
After=network.target
Requires=network.target


[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/bin/sh /storage/.kodi/addons/service.webgrabplus/bin/webgrabplus.start

    service.webgrabplus.timer

    Then I enabled and started timer with following commands via ssh

    systemctl enable service.webgrabplus.timer
    systemctl start service.webgrabplus.timer

    I can check that the webgrabplus timer and service are actively running via ssh (following is short extract of pertinent info)

    systemctl list-timers

    Code
    NEXT                         LEFT          LAST                         PASSED
UNIT                         ACTIVATES
Mon 2016-10-10 04:00:00 BST  9h left       n/a                          n/a
service.webgrabplus.timer    service.webgrabplus.service

    Now see if service runs successfully/correctly at 04:00 tomorrow morning :rolleyes:

    Edited once, last by MikeKL (October 16, 2016 at 2:05 PM).

    • Official Post

    Hello all,

    I have added a system.d timer to the addon.

    By default, the webgrabplus.run shell script will run:
    - 300 seconds after the service is started, and
    - daily at 03:00

    These settings can be changed via the addon settings (add-ons/my add-ons/service/WebGrab+Plus/settings):

    --on-active:
    Specifies a delay in seconds.
    If left blank, webgrabplus.run will not be run when the service is started.

    --on-calendar:
    Specifies a calendar event (see here for the syntax).

    Preview versions:
    - for LE 7
    - for LE 8

    Thank you for testing

    Excellent. Thanks.

    OK Installed LE 8 Preview version of LibreELEC WebGrab+Plus service (over top of my existing WebGrab+Plus service Installation)

    I then ensured latest version of WebGrab+Plus service was configured/enabled and to my preferences.

    Add-ons -> Add-on Browser and select My Add-ons

    Select Services

    Select WebGrab+Plus

    Select Configure

    WebGrab+Plus Settings options

    • I have removed default 300 value from --on-active field (To stop run of webgrabplus 300s (5Mins) after every device restart)
    • I have left --on-calendar field at default setting. (To run webgrabplus daily at 03:00)


    Everything looking Good :cool: thank you very much for modifiable timer addition to LibreELEC WebGrab+Plus Service add-on Awiouy :cool:

    Edited once, last by MikeKL (October 23, 2016 at 12:29 PM).

    sshing to rpi2 and running the "systemctl list-timers" command, following is the interesting information, extracted from commands output

    Code
    NEXT                         LEFT     LAST                         PASSED       UNIT                         ACTIVATES


Mon 2016-10-24 03:00:00 BST  11h left Sun 2016-10-23 11:21:33 BST  4h 22min ago webgrabplus.timer            webgrabplus.service
    • NEXT = Next time the job will run
    • LEFT = Time remaining until next job runs (from current time)
    • LAST = Last time job ran (from current time, which was 300 secs after webgrabplus service was installed/enabled)
    • PASSED = Time since last job ran
    • UNIT = the webgrabplus.timer
    • ACTIVATES = the webgrabplus.service


    Which gives me a good indication that webgrabplus will run fine at 03:00 on Monday morning ;)

    • Official Post

    Indeed MikeKL,

    There are now three system.d units:
    - service.webgrabplus.service (aka service.webgrabplus)
    - webgrabplus.timer
    - webgrabplus.service (aka webgrabplus).

    service.webgrabplus triggers webgrabplus.timer, which in turn starts webgrabplus.

    These units may be queried with systemctl status unit and journalctl -u unit.

    To see a log of webgraplus.run, use journalctl -u webgraplus.

    I can't get to a LibreELEC device right now. The kids have taken over the TV.
    I can't see where the settings get from settings.xml to webgrabplus.start in those zip files.

    Thank you very much for the addon! My old XMLTV service stopped working on Saturday and it only took me an hour with this addon to have s future proof replacement! It works like a charm on libreelec 8 preview alpha 7... Thank you very much!

    Quote from awiouy


    Thank you MikeKL for the feedback and for the detailed instructions.
    I will ask to commit the corresponding pull request


    Quick update to confirm job ran successfully as expected on my rpi2 at 03:00 this morning and have just used Kodi GUI and webgrabplus settings option to modify time to run job on Tue morning at 04:00

    Checking remotely using ssh and "systemctl list-timers" command, confirms next job will run Tue 2016-10-25 04:00:00 BST ;)

    Edited once, last by MikeKL (October 24, 2016 at 8:17 PM).

    This addon is working fine! My LE box (Nexbox A95X) fetches the XML correctly, but TVHeadend is running on my Synology NAS so I would like to be able to use it there.
    Of course I could copy the XML to my NAS, and send it to the xmltv.sock (using curl command). But is there a way to send the XML from LE to the xmltv.sock on my NAS?

    Edited once, last by chielmi (October 29, 2016 at 9:22 AM).

    Sure, that makes sense! Going to try this :)

    Edit: took me some time, total scripting n00b here :angel: . Couldn't get it to work from LE, but I managed to create a working solution.
    Mounted the addon directory of LE in my NAS. NAS sends the XML from the mount to the socket 6 times per day, using a simple script (based on HOWTO: Three ways to use xmltv.sock :(

    Bash
    #!/bin/bash 
curl='/usr/bin/curl'
curl -d @/volume1/Media/xmltv/xmltv.xml -X POST -m 5 --unix-socket /volume1/@appstore/tvheadend-testing/var/epggrab/xmltv.sock http://google.com

    Edited once, last by chielmi (October 30, 2016 at 9:03 AM).