# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ This module displays the current "artist - title" playing in Spotify. Last modified: 2015-03-26 Author: Pierre Guilbert LASSERRE License: GNU GPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html """ from time import time from subprocess import check_output import dbus, dbus.proxies class Py3status: # available configuration parameters cache_timeout = 0 def getText(self): """ Get the current song metadatas (artist - title) """ bus = dbus.SessionBus() try: self.__bus = bus.get_object('com.spotify.qt', '/') self.player = dbus.Interface(self.__bus, 'org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer2') title = self.player.GetMetadata().get('xesam:title') artist = self.player.GetMetadata().get('xesam:artist')[0] album = self.player.GetMetadata().get('xesam:album') return title + " by " + artist except Exception: return "Spotify not running" def spotify(self, i3s_output_list, i3s_config): """ Get the current "artist - title" and return it. """ response = {'full_text': ''} response['cached_until'] = time() + self.cache_timeout response['full_text'] = self.getText() or 'py3status module not working as expected' return response if __name__ == "__main__": """ Test this module by calling it directly. """ from time import sleep x = Py3status() config = { 'color_good': '#00FF00', 'color_bad': '#FF0000', } while True: print(x.spotify([], config)) sleep(1)