RPi / Spotify one button player

Runs two services when the RPi is turned on, one to open a chromium browser to a Spotify playlist, another to monitor an arcade button for pressed events.

requirements:

virtualenvwrapper - virtual env
pip-tools - package managment

On the Rpi:

$pip install virtualenvwrapper

Modify the bashrc:

nano ~/.bashrc

export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV=~/.local/bin/virtualenv
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_ENV_BIN_DIR=bin
source ~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

$source ~/.bashrc

make a virtualenv:

$mkvirtualenv spotify_app

$workon spotify_app

Manage libraries:

$pip-compile requirements.in

$pip install -r requirements.txt

Make sure the RPi has lbgpiod:

$sudo apt-get install gpiod libgpiod-dev libgpiod-doc

export CFLAGS=-fcommon

pip3 install RPi.GPIO

running two systemd service units:

starts the spotify in browser:

/etc/systemd/system/startupbrowser.service

starts the python script listening for button presses