Python iTunes Control

#! /usr/bin/env python
#################################
#Created by Cam irc://irc.freenode.net/#botters
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import commands;
import os;
import random;
import sys;
args=sys.argv[1]
artist=commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to artist of current track as string'");
track=commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to name of current track as string'");
state=commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to player state as string'");
currentvolume=commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to sound volume as integer'")

def showHelp():
    print "------------------------------";
    print "iTunes Python[shell] Interface";
    print "------------------------------";
    print "Options:";
    print " status   = Shows iTunes' status, current artist and track.";
    print " play     = Start playing iTunes.";
    print " pause    = Pause iTunes.";
    print " next     = Go to the next track.";
    print " prev     = Go to the previous track.";
    print " mute     = Mute iTunes' volume.";
    print " unmute   = Unmute iTunes' volume.";
    print " up   = Increase iTunes' volume by 10%";
    print " down = Increase iTunes' volume by 10%";
    print " vol #    = Set iTunes' volume to # [0-100]";
    print " quit     = Quit iTunes.";

def status():
  if (state=="playing"):
   print "Itunes is: %s" % state
   print "Currently playing: '%s' by '%s'" % (track, artist)
  else:print "Itunes it not playing, type 'itunes play' to start playing music"
  
def play():
 if(state=="paused"):
  print "Playing iTunes"
  commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to play'")
  print "Currently playing: '%s' by '%s'" % (track, artist)
 else:print "Itunes is currently playing"

def pause():
 if(state=="playing"):
  print "Pausing iTunes"
  commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to pause'")
  print "iTunes paused"
 else:print "iTunes is currently paused"
 
def nsong():
 print"Skipping to next song"
 commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to next track'")
 print "Currently playing: '%s' by '%s'" % (track, artist)
 
def psong():
 print"Rewinding to previous song"
 commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to previous track'")
 status()
#Jesse, we need to fix that shit... it runs to quickly

def iquit():
 print "Quitting iTunes"
 commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to quit'")
 
def mute():
 print "Muting iTunes"
 commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to set mute to true'")
 
def unmute():
 print "Unmuting iTunes"
 commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to set mute to false'")

def volup():
 increaseby=10
 if (currentvolume=="100"):increaseby=0;
 elif(currentvolume>"90"):increaseby=100-int(currentvolume);
 elif(currentvolume<"90"):increaseby=10;
 newvolume=int(currentvolume)+increaseby
 commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to set sound volume to "+str(newvolume)+"'");
 print "Your current volume is: %d" % (int(commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to sound volume as integer'")))


def voldown():
 decreaseby=10
 if (currentvolume=="0"):decreaseby=0;
 elif(currentvolume<"10"):decreaseby=int(currentvolume)
 elif(currentvolume>"10"):decreaseby=10;
 newvolume=int(currentvolume)-decreaseby
 commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to set sound volume to "+str(newvolume)+"'");
 print "Your current volume is: %d" % (int(commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to sound volume as integer'")))
 
def volexact():
 newvolume=sys.argv[2]
 commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to set sound volume to "+str(newvolume)+"'");
 print "Your current volume is: %d" % (int(commands.getoutput("osascript -e 'tell application \"iTunes\" to sound volume as integer'")))
 
#PARSE ARGS
if (args=="status"):status();
elif (args=="play"):play();
elif (args=="pause"):pause();
elif (args=="next"):nsong();
elif (args=="quit"):iquit();
elif (args=="prev"):psong();
elif (args=="mute"):mute();
elif (args=="unmute"):unmute();
if (args=="vol"):volexact();
#I just realized I should have only looked for "up" or "down" .... too late I did all of the below code :\
#voldu = sys.argv[1:len(sys.argv)-1][0]+" "+sys.argv[1:len(sys.argv)-1][1]
elif(sys.argv[1]=="up"):volup();
elif(sys.argv[1]=="down"):voldown();

Can you post command.py it's being called in the program but not showing here on the gist. It's also not a repo available on your GitHub.

Great looking code.

So it looks like 'commands' has been deprecated and subprocess takes its place.