Scripting Content Management - A Brief tour of the API (with example code)

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EDIT: 1.8 has a new API and a new guide here: 1.8 API Introduction

The following article is applicable to 1.7 Series.

One common use case people put forward is that they want to update a particular piece of content in a layout automatically on a schedule.

That could take the form of a video being updated on a daily basis, or an image.

Since Xibo 1.5 series, there has been a “work in progress” OAuth authenticated API for scripting actions in the Xibo CMS. As of Xibo 1.6.0-rc1, there are enough API methods implemented to do some basic layout and media management to script tasks such as these.

This article is a basic walk through showing you how to connect to the API, authorise an application to use the Xibo CMS on your behalf, a quick look at some basic API methods, and finally complete code to automatically replace a media item in a layout.

Read the full article here:

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I am looking for a Digital Signage solution. It looks XIBO could be the tool for me.

I would like to show some images (Financial charts) generated daily and always placed on the same file-location. It is JPG files.

When a new JPG version is generated, i would like it to replace the old one in my presentation on the screens.

I can see above is from May 15. Is it still the procedure still the way to go, or does Xibo provide a more userfriendly solution to my process?

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If you want to automate content updates then via the API is the best way.

This guide deals with the 1.7 series CMS. 1.8 has a new API, with much greater coverage, and so this guide isn’t applicable to that.