Use a remote/keyboard/mouse on Kodi to send commands to openHAB or other HTTP interfaces (with optional repeations)

example

[silex@tinywings Downloads]$ ssh media
##############################################
#                 LibreELEC                  #
#            http://libreelec.tv             #
##############################################

LibreELEC (official) Version: 8.0.2
media:~ # pwd
/storage
media:~ # cat custom_scripts/openhab_CMD.py 
#!/usr/bin/env python2

import urllib2, sys, time

item = sys.argv[1]
command = sys.argv[2]

try:
  repeats = int(sys.argv[3])
except IndexError:
  repeats = 1

for _ in range(repeats):
  urllib2.urlopen('http://openhab:8080/basicui/CMD?%s=%s' % (item, command))
  time.sleep(0.1)
media:~ # cat .kodi/userdata/keymaps/remote.xml 
<keymap>
  <global>
    <remote>
      <volumeplus>RunScript(/storage/custom_scripts/openhab_CMD.py,living_avr_volume,INCREASE,4)</volumeplus>
      <volumeminus>RunScript(/storage/custom_scripts/openhab_CMD.py,living_avr_volume,DECREASE,4)</volumeminus>
      <power>RunScript(/storage/custom_scripts/openhab_CMD.py,living_avr_source,00)</power>
      <dvdmenu>RunScript(/storage/custom_scripts/openhab_CMD.py,living_kodi_cinema_mode,TOGGLE)</dvdmenu>
    </remote>
  </global>
</keymap>