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+#https://gist.github.com/ivesdebruycker/4b08bdd5415609ce95e597c1d28e9b9e
+
+from socketIO_client import SocketIO, LoggingNamespace
+
+# for REST
+#import urllib.request
+
+# clear the queue via REST (there is no websocket endpoint for this)
+#contents = urllib.request.urlopen("http://192.168.1.124/api/v1/commands/?cmd=clearQueue").read()
+
+
+
+socketIO = SocketIO('192.168.1.124', 3000)
+
+
+
+def on_push_state(*args):
+		#print('state', args)
+		global status
+		status = args[0]['status'].encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+		print(status)
+
+def showResponse(*args):
+		print('response', args[0])
+
+
+#socketIO.on('pushState', on_push_state)
+#socketIO.emit('getState', '', on_push_state)
+
+#socketIO.emit('play')
+
+#socketIO.on('pushBrowseSources', showResponse)
+#socketIO.emit('getBrowseSources')
+
+# doesn't work
+#socketIO.on('pushQueue', showResponse)
+#socketIO.emit('getQueue')
+
+# removes from queue, but doesn't show response (unicode/version problem? https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/Flask-SocketIO/issues/674#issuecomment-376636659)
+#socketIO.on('pushQueue', showResponse)
+#socketIO.emit('removeFromQueue', 0)
+
+
+#curl http://volumio.local/api/v1/getstate
+
+socketIO.emit('clearQueue')
+
+uri = "mnt/NAS/Audio/Singles/Blazin_Squad_-_Flip_Reverse.mp3"
+#uri = "spotify:track:4aebBr4JAihzJQR0CiIZJv"
+uri = "mnt/NAS/hidrive/Singles/04 - The Funeral.mp3"
+socketIO.emit('addToQueue', {'uri':uri})
+#socketIO.emit('addToQueue', {'service':'spop','uri':uri})
+
+
+socketIO.emit('addToQueue', {'service':'webradio','uri':'http://mp3channels.webradio.antenne.de/rockantenne.aac'})
+
+# mit socket-io-tester: Object {uri: "mnt/NAS/hidrive/Singles/04 - The Funeral.mp3"}
+
+socketIO.emit('play')
+
+try:
+	socketIO.wait()
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+	pass