Deleting recording

[JoeDonth]

I am trying to delete a recording from my Servio device with:

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http://192.168.1.120:80/recorded/cmd?id=7fb746b2&cmd=delete

I am getting a 400 Bad request error. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Joe Donth

[signcarver]

double check it is actually there as I have seen things cache. Also make sure such request is a post not a get (typically just entering it in a browser will do a get)

[JoeDonth]

I'll try a POST. Thanks.

[JoeDonth]

That did the trick. Thank you very much!

[bwsd19]

Hi, I'm attempting to do the same thing in python and getting the "400 Bad Request" response too. Can you provide additional info on how you got this to work and confirm that POST rather than GET was the solution? I'm new to python and post/get methods, so the issue may be there, but can you confirm that sending the CMDUrl string with '&cmd=delete' or '&cmd=delete&rerecord=1' (per https://info.hdhomerun.com/info/dvr_api ... recordings) is all that is required? For example, if the CMDUrl for an episode is "http://10.0.0.1:80/recorded/cmd?id=ca94db7c", then I just need to POST "http://10.0.0.1:80/recorded/cmd?id=ca94db7c&cmd=delete"?

Thanks.
FriendlyName "HDHomeRun SCRIBE QUATRO"
ModelNumber "HDVR-4US-1TB"
FirmwareName "hdhomerun_dvr_atsc"
FirmwareVersion "20200907"

[JoeDonth]

A POST is required (and does work). Also you might have to clear the cache.

[bwsd19]

Thanks for the quick reply.
Which cache are you referring to? If there's one on the Scribe, I haven't come across the command for that, would you mind sharing it? The python program is a stand-alone running on a raspberryPi, so I don't think there's a cache to clear on that side. It queries the Scribe to find the appropriate CMDUrl, and then tries to post the, so far unsuccessful, delete command.

Again, thanks.

[bwsd19]

I got it working. Problem was on Python side. The post method I was using required a URL and then data to use with the post command. I was trying to put the 'cmd=delete' in the data section of the call, using CMDUrl as the URL. Solution was to simply append the command to the CMDUrl for the URL in the post call, and to pass an empty string for the data.

Thanks again for confirming POST was also a necessary ingredient.