sshmoc.py

#!/usr/bin/python 
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import weechat
import subprocess
import os.path

weechat.register('SMNP', 
    'Mion', 
    '0.1', 
    'AGPL3', 
    'ssh + moc now playing script', 
    '', 
    '')

SERVER = 'noire'      # change this to your remote server
FORMAT = '%file'      # change this to whatever format you want, see mocp(1)

def format(s):
    s = os.path.basename(s)
    s = s.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
    return s


def main(data, buffer, args):
    try:
        pipe = subprocess.Popen(['ssh', SERVER, 'mocp', '-Q', FORMAT], 
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).stdout
        info = pipe.readline()
        pipe.close()
    except OSError as e:
        weechat.prnt(buffer, '{0}Zomg something went wrong: {1}'.format(weechat.prefix('error'), e))

    info = format(info) # comment out this if you use something else than '%file' as the FORMAT
    com = u'/me is now playing: {0}'.format(info)
    weechat.command(buffer, com)
    return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK

weechat.hook_command('smnp', 
    'Displays the current playing song from moc from a remote server',
    '',
    '',
    '',
    'main',
    '')