dknueppe / spotify-now

get information on the current spotify song

Spotify-Now

A bash script that gives you information on the current Spotify song.

Installation

Simply copy the source script to your bash path.

1. git clone https://github.com/getmicah/spotify-now.git
2. cd spotify-now
3. sudo cp spotify-now /usr/bin

Arch Linux users can install spotify-now-git from the AUR.

Usage

spotify-now -i "<info>" -p "<paused>" -e "<error>"

"<info>" can contain the following keywords:

• %album
• %artist
• %disc
• %title
• %track

"<error>" custom message when Spotify is closed.

"<paused>" custom message when Spotify is paused.

--escape outputs the "<input>" with the special characters escaped.

NOTE: all the parameters are optional and order doesn't matter (--escape has to be at the end).

Example:

$ spotify-now -i "%artist - %title"
Kendrick Lamar - Alright

$ spotify-now -p "paused" -e "stopped" -i "Album: %album"
Album: To Pimp A Butterfly

If Spotify is closed:

$ spotify-now -e "Spotify is closed"
Spotify is closed

If Spotify is paused:

$ spotify-now -p "paused"
paused

With the --escape parameter:

$ spotify-now -i "%artist - %title"
Oshi - I <3 U

$ spotify-now -i "%artist - %title" --escape
Oshi - I &lt;3 U

How does it work?

Spotify-Now works by send a dbus message to the Spotify player which then returns information on the song currently playing. This data is then parsed using a combination of grep, tail, and cut commands.