spotify-cli-linux

A command-line interface to Spotify on Linux.

This project is inspired by the similar project called shpotify, which does similar things, but on macOS.

installation

with pip (recommended):

pip install spotify-cli-linux

with wget:

sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pwittchen/spotify-cli-linux/master/install.sh -O -)"

with curl:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pwittchen/spotify-cli-linux/master/install.sh)"

usage

run the following command from your terminal:

spotifycli

use one of the following parameters:

--help, -h          shows help
--version, -v       shows version
--status            shows status (currently played song name and artist)
--status-short      shows status in a short way (cuts currently played song name and artist)
--play              plays the song
--pause             pauses the song
--toggle            plays or pauses the song
--stop              stops the song
--next              plays the next song
--prev              plays the previous song
--volumeup          increases sound volume
--volumedown        decreases sound volume

solving problems

When you've seen the following error:

No module named dbus

Then try to install python-dbus! On Ubuntu you can do it as follows:

sudo apt-get install python-dbus

If you are using another distro, then try to install python-dbus with your package manager.

usage with tmux

If you want to use this script in your tmux panel, you can check tmux-plugin-spotify.

releasing

configure your ~/.pypirc file as follows:

[distutils]
index-servers =
    pypi
[pypi]
username:yourusername
password:yourpassword

then, update version in setup.py file and use wrapper in a Makefile: