Simple MPRIS2 controller for use with hotkeys

mpris2

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import dbus

session_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
players = [x for x in session_bus.list_names()
           if x.startswith('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2')]
if len(players) < 0:
    print("No players found! :(", file=sys.stderr)
    sys.exit(1)

player_service = players[0]

proxy = session_bus.get_object(player_service, '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2')
player = dbus.Interface(proxy, 'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player')

if len(sys.argv) < 1:
    print("Specify a MPRIS method, e.g. PlayPause, Stop, Previous, Next.")
    sys.exit(1)

method = sys.argv[1]
getattr(player, method)()