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| Topic: | Sonos API This thread has 9 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday July 21, 2016 at 16:21 |
Totem Long Time Member |
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I heard Sonos is going to close their API. If that's true then doesn't that render all 3rd party control useless?
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| Post 2 made on Thursday July 21, 2016 at 16:24 |
Lowhz Senior Member |
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On July 21, 2016 at 16:21, Totem said...
I heard Sonos is going to close their API. If that's true then doesn't that render all 3rd party control useless? You've seen their API?
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| Post 3 made on Thursday July 21, 2016 at 17:36 |
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On July 21, 2016 at 16:24, Lowhz said...
You've seen their API? They have never offered a published API, but their control protocol is based on UPnP. While there are no pretty code samples, for those who are familiar with UPnP, it is (mostly) self documenting.
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| Post 4 made on Thursday July 21, 2016 at 19:32 |
Lowhz Senior Member |
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On July 21, 2016 at 17:36, buzz said...
They have never offered a published API, but their control protocol is based on UPnP. While there are no pretty code samples, for those who are familiar with UPnP, it is (mostly) self documenting. That's my point. All 3rd party control has been reverse engineered by packet sniffing Sonos traffic. Sonos doesn't support 3rd party control which is why they can make any kind of change (Base64 encoding for example) and it breaks all 3rd party controls.
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| Post 5 made on Thursday July 21, 2016 at 20:02 |
3PedalMINI Loyal Member |
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It's never been open!!!
They can at any point break the coding and all of our integration is rendered useless.:.atleast until someone reverse engineers it again!!
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| Post 6 made on Thursday July 21, 2016 at 20:45 |
Dean Roddey Senior Member |
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Actually, the talk last fall was that they were considering creating an open (i.e. actually documented and approved) API. Of course they could then try to keep it from anyone they don't approve of, but it doesn't seem worth creating a new API for that, given the UPnP functionality already there.
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| Post 7 made on Friday July 22, 2016 at 08:35 |
jrainey Active Member |
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I was told there will be no major change in the stance that they have held for a couple of years. They will not break the current integration just because like they did years ago. They will work behind the curtain with larger integration partners to help with integration to a point and then advise them of any coming major changes so they can get out in front. It is the "unofficial official" API.
Expect no changes to the world we have been operating under for the last couple of years.
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| Post 8 made on Friday July 22, 2016 at 09:42 |
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| Post 9 made on Friday July 22, 2016 at 10:03 |
juliejacobson CE Pro Magazine |
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They talked about it last year: [Link: cepro.com]I expect to see "sanctioned" drivers at CEDIA this year, probably with Crestron, Savant, Control4 for starters.
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| Post 10 made on Saturday July 23, 2016 at 19:15 |
Agree, expect announcement by Cedia. On July 22, 2016 at 10:03, juliejacobson said...
They talked about it last year: [Link: cepro.com]I expect to see "sanctioned" drivers at CEDIA this year, probably with Crestron, Savant, Control4 for starters. |
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