shpotify
shpotify is a simple Bash/Apple script to control
Spotify from the command line on a Mac.
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Installation
Download and install the Spotify
desktop application if you haven’t already.
With Homebrew
The easiest way to install shpotify is by using the Homebrew package
manager:
brew install shpotify
Manual installation
If you don’t use Homebrew, you can install the script manually by
following a few simple steps:
-
Fetch a copy of this repository, either with git or download the
zip archive. -
Navigate to the folder where you fetched the repository (unzip if
needed) and make sure the file calledspotifyis executable:cd shpotify chmod +x spotify -
Copy the file
spotifyto a convenient location in yourPATH, or
set yourPATHto include the folder where the file is located.
Connecting to Spotify’s API
shpotify needs to connect to Spotify’s API in order to find music by
name. It is very likely you want this feature!
To get this to work, you first need to sign up (or into) Spotify’s
developer site and create an Application. Once you’ve
done so, you can find its Client ID and Client Secret values and
enter them into your shpotify config file at ${HOME}/.shpotify.cfg.
Be sure to quote your values and don’t add any extra spaces. When
done, it should look like the following (but with your own values):
CLIENT_ID="abc01de2fghijk345lmnop"
CLIENT_SECRET="qr6stu789vwxyz"
Usage
With shpotify you can control Spotify with the following commands:
spotify play Resumes playback where Spotify last left off.
spotify play <song name> Finds a song by name and plays it.
spotify play album <album name> Finds an album by name and plays it.
spotify play artist <artist name> Finds an artist by name and plays it.
spotify play list <playlist name> Finds a playlist by name and plays it.
spotify play uri <uri> Play songs from specific uri.
spotify next Skips to the next song in a playlist.
spotify prev Returns to the previous song in a playlist.
spotify replay Replays the current track from the beginning.
spotify pos <time> Jump to a specific time (in seconds) in the current song.
spotify pause Pauses (or resumes) Spotify playback.
spotify stop Stops playback.
spotify quit Stops playback and quits Spotify.
spotify vol up Increases the volume by 10%.
spotify vol down Decreases the volume by 10%.
spotify vol <amount> Sets the volume to an amount between 0 and 100.
spotify vol [show] Shows the current volume.
spotify status Shows the play status, including the current song details.
spotify status artist Shows the currently playing artist.
spotify status album Shows the currently playing album.
spotify status track Shows the currently playing track.
spotify share Displays the current song's Spotify URL and URI.
spotify share url Displays the current song's Spotify URL and copies it to the clipboard.
spotify share uri Displays the current song's Spotify URI and copies it to the clipboard.
spotify toggle shuffle Toggles shuffle playback mode.
spotify toggle repeat Toggles repeat playback mode.
Authors and contributing
shpotify is primarily written and maintained by Harish
Narayanan.
Since it’s an open source project, it contains numerous contributions
from many helpful people, including:
- Jorge Colindres
- Thomas Pritchard
- iLan Epstein
- Gabriele Bonetti
- Sean Heller
- Eric Martin
- Peter Fonseca
If you’re interested in contributing too, please consider addressing
some of the issues people have previously
reported and
submitting a pull
request. Thank
you!
Copyright and license
Copyright (c) 2012–2019 Harish Narayanan.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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