Working PoC of a CherryPy HTTP frontend

mopidy/frontends/cherrypyhttp.py

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+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import logging
+
+import cherrypy
+import pykka
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('mopidy.frontends.cherrypyhttp')
+
+
+class CherryPyHttpFrontend(pykka.ThreadingActor):
+    def __init__(self, core):
+        super(CherryPyHttpFrontend, self).__init__()
+        self.core = core
+
+    def on_start(self):
+        logger.debug(u'Starting CherryPy HTTP server')
+        cherrypy.tree.mount(Root(self.core), '/', {})
+        cherrypy.server.socket_port = 6680
+        cherrypy.server.start()
+        logger.info(u'CherryPy HTTP server running at %s',
+            cherrypy.server.base())
+
+    def on_stop(self):
+        cherrypy.server.stop()
+
+
+class Root(object):
+    def __init__(self, core):
+        self.core = core
+
+    @cherrypy.expose
+    @cherrypy.tools.json_out()
+    def index(self):
+        playback_state = self.core.playback.state.get()
+        track = self.core.playback.current_track.get()
+        if track:
+            track = track.serialize()
+        return {
+            'playback_state': playback_state,
+            'current_track': track,
+        }