Preferences > Remote Control

Settings for the remote control feature.

Remote Control allows JOSM to be controlled from other applications, e.g. from a web browser, by opening a listening TCP port (8111) on localhost where it accepts commands.
Since JOSM version 6941 it is also listening for HTTPS on port 8112.
Note: Due to security reasons this feature is disabled in the default settings and has to be enabled manually.

If you access the a website via HTTPS and use the Remote Control it will also use HTTPS to control your JOSM. If it does not work, note that your browser, security addons/plugins and firewalls may block this access (you may be able to whitelist/allow it inside these tools) – check your logs. In addition you may need to tell your browser to accept the self-signed JOSM HTTPS certificate. More details on some of these issues: ​How do I enable the "remote control" in JOSM? (on the OSM help site).

The following control options are available:

• Enable remote control allows to switch the remote control feature on or off.
  • Load data from API
  • Import data from URL
  • Load imagery layers
  • Change the selection
  • Change the viewport
  • Create new objects
  • Read protocol version

• Confirm all Remote Control actions manually

See also

• Help/RemoteControlCommands - the list of commands

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