cast.reboot() does not work

[surlyhacker]

I tried a variant of the sample code from the README to see if I could reboot a Google Home Mini. Nothing happens when I call reboot() even after waiting several minutes. It still responds to volume commands immediately after calling reboot() too so I am pretty sure it's not rebooting. (it normally has a light and sound pattern that clearly indicates a reboot)

The Home Mini is on firmware 1.46.195690

>>> import time
>>> import pychromecast
>>> chromecasts = pychromecast.get_chromecasts()
>>> [cc.device.friendly_name for cc in chromecasts]
['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight']
>>> cast = next(cc for cc in chromecasts if cc.device.friendly_name == "one")
>>> cast.wait()
>>> print(cast.device)
DeviceStatus(friendly_name='one', model_name='Google Home Mini', manufacturer='Google Inc.', uuid=UUID('redacted'), cast_type='audio')
>>> cast.reboot()
>>> cast.volume_up()
0.5099999964237213
>>> cast.volume_down()
0.40999999046325686

[balloob]

Wouldn't be surprised if that API has been removed. It's an older one.

[surlyhacker]

Well elsewhere I've seen research that shows that it seems to need an auth token now, and tried it a bit myself:

See this issue/comment: rithvikvibhu/GHLocalApi#39 (comment)

# curl -Lv --insecure -H Content-Type:application/json --data-raw '{"params":"now"}' https://redacted:8443/setup/reboot
...
> POST /setup/reboot HTTP/1.1
...
< HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

But shouldn't pychromecast throw an error if it receives a 401?

[fhempy]

It seems that reboot doesn't work at all with the new get_chromecast_from_service usage. Host is always None and therefore it can't connect to the device.

[balloob]

@emontnemery we should remove that function. With the recent cast changes we are unable to reboot anyway.

[emontnemery]

Yeah, I'll remove it.