[steelhouse]

Reading this page:
Web_interface (wiki)
it says how to enable the web interface, but it doesn't mention how to set username and password

If I start kodi without username and password, it tells me that it has disabled the web interface, because it can't start without them.

Any pointers?

[pkscout]

I don't think you can set it in advanced settings.  In the GUI go to SETTINGS > SERVICES > CONTROL.  The first section in the Webserver config, and you can set a username and password for the web server there.

[steelhouse]

I know I can set it in the GUI, but I want to set it programmatically.

[jjd-uk]

Those are likely saved in guisettings.xml so you maybe able set it in there directly without having to use the gui.

[steelhouse]

Right, I see that, but then I don't understand why activating the web interface is in the file called advancedsettings.xml, since this setting is also available in the GUI, so why not just have it in the guisettings.xml?

[jjd-uk]

It's not in advancedsettings.xml what you can do is use advancedsettings.xml to things in the guisettings.xml

[steelhouse]

That's not true.

Here is guisettings.xml

Code:


<setting id="services.webserver">true</setting>


and here is advancedsettings.xml

Code:


<advancedsettings>
  <services>
    <esallinterfaces>true</esallinterfaces>
    <webserver>true</webserver>
    <port>8080</port>
    <zeroconf>true</zeroconf>
  </services>
</advancedsettings>




As you can see, there is "webserver" in both.

[jjd-uk]

That's just a method for setting what's in guisettings.xml see https://kodi.wiki/view/Advancedsettings....Conversion for how the conversion between files works.

[steelhouse]

ok, so I should be able to do this then?

Code:


<advancedsettings>
  <services>
    <esallinterfaces>true</esallinterfaces>
    <webserver>true</webserver>
    <webserverusername>foo</webserverusername>
    <webserverpassword>bar</webserverpassword>
    <zeroconf>true</zeroconf>
  </services>
</advancedsettings>


[jjd-uk]

Most likely, not in a position to check.

GUI settings are always in the style:

<setting id="categoryname.settingname">value</setting>

So to set them via advancedsettings.xml the style is:

<categoryname>
<settingname>value</settingname>
</categoryname>