Displays a single line of text describing what's currently playing in Rhythmbox

rhythmbox-currently-playing.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

# Example output:
# [ Baba O'Riley | The Who | 1970 (0:05:09)]

import datetime
import subprocess


def get_value(full_array, position):
    return full_array[position].rstrip('\n').strip()


def get_time_left(elapsed, duration):
    elapsed_array = elapsed.split(':')
    elapsed_seconds = (int(elapsed_array[0]) * 60) + int(elapsed_array[1])

    duration_array = duration.split(':')
    duration_seconds = (int(duration_array[0]) * 60) + int(duration_array[1])

    return datetime.timedelta(seconds=(duration_seconds - elapsed_seconds))


result = subprocess.check_output(
    "rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format '%tt ~ %aa ~ %te ~ %td ~ %ay'", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()

if result == '':
    print("[ Nothing playing ]")
else:
    result_items = result.split('~')

    title = get_value(result_items, 0)
    artist = get_value(result_items, 1)
    elapsed = get_value(result_items, 2)
    duration = get_value(result_items, 3)
    year = get_value(result_items, 4)

    if title == '':
        print("[ Nothing playing ]")
    else:
        display_value = f"{title}"

        if artist != '':
            display_value = f"{display_value} | {artist}"
            if year != '':
                display_value = f"{display_value} | {year}"

        if duration != 'Unknown' and duration != '':
            # display_value = f"{display_value} ({elapsed} of {duration})"
            display_value = f"{display_value} ({get_time_left(elapsed, duration)})"

        display_value = f"[ {display_value} ]"

        print(display_value)