A bash script that gives you information on the current Spotify song.
Simply copy the source script to your bash path.
git clone https://github.com/getmicah/spotify-now.git
cd spotify-now
sudo cp spotify-now /usr/bin
Arch Linux users can install spotify-now-git from the AUR.
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 <3 U
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.