Live Stream 'Now Playing' live text label

01 iTunesSong.scpt

on is_running(appName)
	tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains appName
end is_running

set iTunesRunning to is_running("iTunes")
set noMusic to "no music is playing"
set song to noMusic

if iTunesRunning then
	set song to run script "tell application \"iTunes\" to if player state is playing then \"now playing: \" & name of current track & \" by \" & artist of current track"
	try
		song
		return song
	on error
		return noMusic
	end try
else
	return noMusic
end if

02 nowPlaying.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Adds the currently playing iTunes track to a text file for an OBS text label.
#
SONG=`osascript ~/bin/twitch-scripts/iTunesSong.scpt`
echo -e $SONG > ~/Documents/twitch/custom-labels/now-playing.txt

03 twitch.song_updater.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>twitch.song_updater.write_file</string>
    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/Users/noopkat/bin/twitch-scripts/nowPlaying.sh</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StartInterval</key>
    <integer>10</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

04 load.sh

# run the following line in your terminal to load the launch agent:
sudo launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/twitch.song_updater.plist

Just for anyone who might want to know, the AppleScript works perfectly with Spotify if you replace instances of iTunes with Spotify! (Of course, Spotify lacks a mini player…and if streaming, you want to be careful to use downloaded tracks so as not to waste bandwidth during your session.)