old_contents: from flask import Flask, render_template
  from settings import *
  
  import jsonrpclib
  
  app = Flask(__name__)
  
  @app.route('/')
  def index():
      xbmc = jsonrpclib.Server('http://%s:%s@%s:%s/jsonrpc' % (SERVER['username'], SERVER['password'], SERVER['hostname'], SERVER['port']))
      episodes = xbmc.VideoLibrary.GetRecentlyAddedEpisodes()
      recently_added_episodes = []
  
      # tidy up filenames of recently added episodes
  
      for episode in episodes['episodes'][:NUM_RECENT_EPISODES]:
          filename = episode['file'].split('/').pop().replace('.', ' ')
          recently_added_episodes.append(filename)
  
      # currently playing
  
      #currently_playing = xbmc.VideoPlaylist.GetItems(id=1)
      #time = xbmc.VideoPlayer.GetTime()
  
      return render_template('index.html',
          recently_added_episodes = recently_added_episodes,
          applications = APPLICATIONS,
          server = SERVER
      )
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      app.run(debug=True)
  
new_contents: from flask import Flask, render_template
  from settings import *
  
  import jsonrpclib
  
  app = Flask(__name__)
  
  SERVER_ADDRESS = 'http://%s:%s@%s:%s/jsonrpc' % (SERVER['username'], SERVER['password'], SERVER['hostname'], SERVER['port'])
  
  @app.route('/')
  def index():
      xbmc = jsonrpclib.Server(SERVER_ADDRESS)
      episodes = xbmc.VideoLibrary.GetRecentlyAddedEpisodes()
      recently_added_episodes = []
  
      # tidy up filenames of recently added episodes
  
      for episode in episodes['episodes'][:NUM_RECENT_EPISODES]:
          filename = episode['file'].split('/').pop().replace('.', ' ')
          recently_added_episodes.append(filename)
  
      # currently playing
  
      #currently_playing = xbmc.VideoPlaylist.GetItems(id=1)
      #time = xbmc.VideoPlayer.GetTime()
  
      return render_template('index.html',
          recently_added_episodes = recently_added_episodes,
          applications = APPLICATIONS,
          server = SERVER
      )
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      app.run(debug=True)
  
subject: define SERVER_ADDRESS