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## List of plugins
- Here are the plugins shipped in the source tree:
- * Hello World
- * Authentication
- * Tic Tac Toe
- * Audio _(2 backends: ALSA/PulseAudio)_
- * Radio _(1 backend: RTLSDR RTL2832U)_
- * Media _(1 backend: Rygel UPnP)_
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+Here are the plugins shipped in the source tree:
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+* Hello World
+* Authentication
+* Tic Tac Toe
+* Audio _(2 backends: ALSA/PulseAudio)_
+* Radio _(1 backend: RTLSDR RTL2832U)_
+* Media _(1 backend: Rygel UPnP)_
All plugins may not be built, depending on the development libraries present on the system at build time.
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This plugin provides a few unauthenticated requests, all beginning with "ping", to demonstrate basic binder capabilities.
**Verbs**:
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* _ping:_ returns a success response
* _pingfail:_ returns a failure response
* _pingnull:_ returns a success response, with an empty JSON response field
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ This plugin provides a few requests to demonstrate the binder's token-based secu
Calling "_connect_" with a security token will initiate a session, calling "_refresh_" will issue a new token and invalidate the previous one, calling "_logout_" will invalidate all tokens and close the session.
**Verbs**:
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* _ping:_ returns a success response
* _connect:_ creates a session and returns a new token
* _refresh:_ returns a new token
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This plugin provides an interactive Tic Tac Toe game where the binder returns the grid as a JSON response.
**Verbs**:
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* _new:_ starts a new game
* _play:_ asks the server to play
* _move:_ gives a client move
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### Audio
A sample Audio plugin with 2 backends:
- * ALSA (mandatory)
- * PulseAudio (optional)
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+* ALSA (mandatory)
+* PulseAudio (optional)
This plugin is able to initialize a specific soundcard, define volume levels, channels (mono/stereo...), mute sound, and play a 22,050 Hz PCM stream.
**Verbs**:
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* _ping:_ returns a success response
* _init:_ initializes backend, on the "default" sound card
* _volume:_ gets or sets volume, in % (0-100)
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### Radio
A sample AM/FM Radio plugin with 1 backend:
- * RTLSDR - Realtek RTL2832U dongles (mandatory)
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+* RTLSDR - Realtek RTL2832U dongles (mandatory)
This plugin is able to initialize specific RTL2832U dongles, switch between AM/FM modes, define frequency, mute sound, and play sound (if combining with the **audio** plugin).
**Verbs**:
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* _ping:_ returns a success response
* _init:_ initializes backend, looking for plugged-in devices
* _power:_ sets device power status (on-off)
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### Media
A sample Media Server plugin with 1 backend:
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* Rygel
This plugin is able to detect a local Rygel UPnP media server, list audio files, select an audio file for playback, play/pause/seek in this file, upload an audio file to the server.
**Verbs**:
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* _ping:_ returns a success response
* _init:_ initializes backend, looking for an active local UPnP server
* _list:_ returns list of audio files, as a JSON structure