Roku remote script

roku.py

# Copyright (C) 2022 Ben Westover
#
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import sys
from time import sleep
from requests import post
from keyboard import read_key

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    raise ValueError("Please provide the IP address of your Roku device.")

def send(key):
    print(key)
    post(f"http://{sys.argv[1]}:8060/keypress/{key}")
    sleep(0.2)

print("""
Up arrow:    Up
Down arrow:  Down
Left arrow:  Left
Right arrow: Right
Enter:       OK
Backspace:   Back
P:           Play/Pause
U:           Volume Up
D:           Volume Down
M:           Mute
""")

while True:
    match read_key():
        case "up":
            send("Up")
        case "down":
            send("Down")
        case "left":
            send("Left")
        case "right":
            send("Right")
        case "enter":
            send("Select")
        case "backspace":
            send("Back")
        case "h":
            send("Home")
        case "p":
            send("Play")
        case "u":
            send("VolumeUp")
        case "d":
            send("VolumeDown")
        case "m":
            send("VolumeMute")

The idea behind this eventually became controku.