From 5cc01ca3469f2bacdb12f0acf653a1d2955157d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: copenri <iokoro123@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 23:01:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add endpoint to restart Frigate

The only means of restarting Frigate remotely is to issue
a restart topic on the server's websocket. It's
convenient to also expose this capability via HTTP endpoint.
---
 frigate/http.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frigate/http.py b/frigate/http.py
index 9566a067c..297b2f2e5 100644
--- a/frigate/http.py
+++ b/frigate/http.py
@@ -2103,3 +2103,30 @@ def logs(service: str):
             jsonify({"success": False, "message": "Could not find log file"}),
             500,
         )
+
+
+@bp.route("/restart", methods=["POST"])
+def restart():
+    try:
+        restart_frigate()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(f"Error restarting Frigate: {e}")
+        return make_response(
+            jsonify(
+                {
+                    "success": False,
+                    "message": "Unable to restart Frigate.",
+                }
+            ),
+            500,
+        )
+
+    return make_response(
+        jsonify(
+            {
+                "success": True,
+                "message": "Restarting (this can take up to one minute)...",
+            }
+        ),
+        200,
+    )