Samsung Web API: AllShare API
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Introduction
This section defines AllShare APIs that would be used to develop convergence services such as media sharing and control sharing. The AllShare APIs provides the below features applicable to any type of devices including mobile, smart tv, pc, etc:
- Media Sharing
- discover DLNA devices in a network.
- share media contents(picture, audio, video, etc) to other DLNA devices in a network.
- browse and search the media contents shared by DLNA devices in a network.
- playback media contents on a DLNA device in a network.
- Control Sharing
- discover Smart TV in a network.
- control TV and TV web browser remotely like a remote controller, mouse and keyboard did.
- control TV viewer in detail as an extension of ImageViewer (DMR).
Developers can use AllShare APIs through the 'webapis.allshare' namespace and each service will be provided through the 'serviceconnector' attribute.
AllShare APIs
| Feature | Sub feature | Module | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Management | asfservice | This API allows developers to initiate the AllShare Framework (ASF). | |
| Device Discovery | devicediscovery | This API allows developers to get a list of discovered AllShare devices with a specified ID, domain and NIC. | |
| Media Sharing | Contents Discovery | provider | This API allows developers to browse and search media contents shared by DLNA devices. |
| item | This API allows developers to retrieve information of media contents. | ||
| Playback Contents | avplayer | This API allows developers to play audio(or video) contents on a DLNA device. | |
| imageviewer | This API allows developers to play a image content on a DLNA device | ||
| Control Sharing | Smart TV Control | tvcontroller | This API allows developers to control the Samsung Smart TV. |
| viewcontroller | This API allows developers to control the view which is available on Samsung Smart TV. | ||