# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ This module displays the current "artist - title" playing in Spotify. Last modified: 2015-03-26 Author: Pierre Guilbert License: GNU GPL http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html You could conf it in your i3status.conf like so: spotify { format = "{title} by {artist} -> {time}" } """ from time import time import dbus class Py3status: """ Confiuration parameters: cache_timeout Format of status string placeholders: title - name of the song artist - artiste name (first one) album - album name time - time duration of the song """ # available configuration parameters cache_timeout = 0 format = "{title}: {album} : {artist} : {time}" 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') from datetime import timedelta microtime = self.player.GetMetadata().get('mpris:length') time = str(timedelta(microseconds=microtime)) return self.format.format(title=title, artist=artist, album=album, time=time) 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)