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Spotify script for Conky
#This is ho you should edit your conkyrc file in order to get the spotify player.
####################
# - MEDIA PLAYER - #
####################
${if_running spotify}${voffset -2}${font Liberation Sans:style=Bold:size=8}
${voffset -10}${goto 73}Title:
${goto 73}${color2}${exec ~/.conkycolors/spotify/spotify_info_title}${color}
${goto 73}Artist:
${goto 73}${color2}${exec ~/.conkycolors/spotify/spotify_info_artist}${color}
${goto 73}Album:
${goto 73}${color2}${exec ~/.conkycolors/spotify/spotify_info_album}${color}
${voffset -20}
${exec ~/.conkycolors/spotify/spotify_album_cover}
${image ~/.conkycolors/spotify/last_album_pic.png -p 0,180 -s 60x60}
${else}${voffset -5}${color0}${font ConkyColors:size=16}G${font}${color}${voffset -10}${goto 32}Spotify: ${color2}off${color}${voffset 7}
${endif}
#!/bin/bash
# Written by Demetrio Ferro <ferrodemetrio@gmail.com> <https://twitter.com/DemetrioFerro>
# Distributed under license GPLv3+ GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR
# WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY
# OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
first_cover=""
while :
do
new_cover=$(dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata'|egrep -A 1 "artUrl"|cut -b 44-|cut -d '"' -f 1|egrep -v ^$)
if [ "$new_cover" != "$first_cover" ]
then
first_cover="$new_cover"
wget -O ~/.conkycolors/spotify/last_album_pic.png $new_cover
fi
sleep 1
done
#!/bin/bash
# Written by Demetrio Ferro <ferrodemetrio@gmail.com> <https://twitter.com/DemetrioFerro>
# Distributed under license GPLv3+ GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR
# WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY
# OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
first_album=""
while :
do
new_album=`dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata'|egrep -A 1 "album"|egrep -v "album"|cut -b 44-|cut -d '"' -f 1|egrep -v ^$`
if [ "$new_album" != "$first_album" ]
then
first_album="$new_album"
echo "$new_album"
fi
sleep 1
done
#!/bin/bash
# Written by Demetrio Ferro <ferrodemetrio@gmail.com> <https://twitter.com/DemetrioFerro>
# Distributed under license GPLv3+ GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR
# WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY
# OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
first_artist=""
while :
do
new_artist=`dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata'|egrep -A 2 "artist"|egrep -v "artist"|egrep -v "array"|cut -b 27-|cut -d '"' -f 1|egrep -v ^$`
if [ "$new_artist" != "$first_artist" ]
then
first_artist="$new_artist"
echo "$new_artist"
fi
sleep 1
done
#!/bin/bash
# Written by Demetrio Ferro <ferrodemetrio@gmail.com> <https://twitter.com/DemetrioFerro>
# Distributed under license GPLv3+ GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR
# WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY
# OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
first_title=""
while :
do
new_title=`dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata'|egrep -A 1 "title"|egrep -v "title"|cut -b 44-|cut -d '"' -f 1|egrep -v ^$`
if [ "$new_title" != "$first_title" ]
then
first_title="$new_title"
echo "$new_title"
fi
sleep 1
done
@erikdubois
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thanks for sharing
that was easy to change to my conky theme
However i was wondering if there is a way to get bigger covers??

@winpat
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winpat commented Apr 18, 2015

exactly what i was looking for!
thanks

@red-noise
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@erikdubois I think you could try changing the line:

${image ~/.conkycolors/spotify/last_album_pic.png -p 0,180 -s 60x60}

where you try adjusting 60x60

@yamakazii
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not workin on my ubuntu 14.04 lts

@VitorCoelho
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Anyone tested on ubuntu 15?

@xywei
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xywei commented Feb 25, 2016

Works for me with minor modifications (by deleting all the while loops). Thanks for sharing!

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