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Romern / bar.sh
Last active April 11, 2017 10:01 — forked from csssuf/bar.sh
Adds now playing indicator from spotify to i3status. Better to use playerctl and i3blocks, but it works
#!/bin/bash
i3status | while :
do
read line
dir=$(cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd)
spotify_status=$(dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'PlaybackStatus' | tail -n1 | cut -d'"' -f2 | sed -e 's/[\/&]/\\&/g')
spotify_artist=$(dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata' | awk -f ${dir}/spotify_song.awk | head -n 1 | cut -d':' -f2 | sed -e 's/[\/&]/\\&/g')
spotify_song=$(dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata' | awk -f ${dir}/spotify_song.awk | tail -n 1 | cut -d':' -f2 | sed -e 's/[\/&]/\\&/g')