A bash script (renamed .command for easy execution by double-click on a Mac) for keeping your Slack status updated with currently playing artist and track in Spotify

spotify-slack-status.command

#!/bin/bash
APIKEY="YOUR TOKEN HERE from: https://api.slack.com/custom-integrations/legacy-tokens"

while true
  do
    SONG=$(osascript -e 'tell application "Spotify" to name of current track as string')
    URLSONG=$(echo "$SONG" | perl -MURI::Escape -ne 'chomp;print uri_escape($_),"\n"')
    ARTIST=$(osascript -e 'tell application "Spotify" to artist of current track as string')
    URLARTIST=$(echo "$ARTIST" | perl -MURI::Escape -ne 'chomp;print uri_escape($_),"\n"')
    curl -s -d "payload=$json" "https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set?token="$APIKEY"&profile=%7B%22status_text%22%3A%22"$URLSONG"%20-%20"$URLARTIST"%22%2C%22status_emoji%22%3A%22%3Amusical_note%3A%22%7D" > /dev/null
    sleep 60 
  done