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--- doc:appunti:software:kodi_addon [2023/05/26 16:38] – [How to start an external program from Kodi] niccolo
+++ doc:appunti:software:kodi_addon [2023/05/26 17:05] (current) – [How to start an external program from Kodi] niccolo
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 ==== How to start an external program from Kodi ====
-I tried (but failed) to start a Python graphical program from Kodi. Because there is not an X11 windowing system, I tried Pygame with the drivers **directfb**, **fbcon** or **svgalib**.
+I tried (but failed) to start a Python graphical program from Kodi. Because there is not an X11 windowing system, I tried **Pygame** with the drivers **directfb**, **fbcon** or **svgalib**. No problem if Kodi is stopped, Permission denied on the display if Kodi is running. Using the Python3 OpenGL module I was able to create a graphical program only under the X11 environment (using the ''DISPLAY'' environment variable).
-<code python>
+To execute an external program from my add-on video plugin, I used the following two methods. The first one just starts an external Python script when the code is executed:
-xbmc.executebuiltin('XBMC.RunScript(special://home/bin/my-script)')
-</code>
 <code python>
-# This works only if it is a Python script.
+# This works only for a Python script.
 # Notice "special://home" is "/home/kodi/.kodi" on the Raspberry Pi.
 xbmc.executescript('special://home/bin/run-script.py')
 </code>
+This second method will add a context menu item to the add-on ''ListItem'', which will launch the external program when selected:
 <code python>
-# Add a context menu item to the listItem object.
+# Add a context menu item to the add-on xbmcgui.ListItem object.
+# This works only for a Python script.
 li.addContextMenuItems([('Photo Reframe', 'RunScript(special://home/bin/run-script.py,arg1)')])
+</code>
+A third method should be the following, but I did not tried it:
+<code python>
+xbmc.executebuiltin('XBMC.RunScript(special://home/bin/run-script.py)')
+</code>
+Other non-tested code to execute plugins or scripts:
+<code python>
+xbmc.executebuiltin('RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?addon_id=plugin.video.example)')
+xbmc.executebuiltin('RunPlugin("plugin.video.something")')
+xbmc.executebuiltin('RunAddon("script.something")')
 </code>
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   * **[[https://kodi.wiki/view/External_players|Kodi External players]]**
   * **[[https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/System/Display|Kodi: Settings, System, Display]]**
+  * **[[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54452592/how-to-start-another-addon-from-a-kodi-addon|How to start another addon from a kodi addon]]**
+  * **[[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46083182/kodi-python-how-to-call-another-addon-and-if-not-installed-but-present-in-rep|Kodi python - how to call another addon and, if not installed but present in repo, ask to install it]]**
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