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AppleScript to Star the current Spotify track. Requires [Starrify](https://github.com/swinton/starrify).
-- Check if Growl is running
tell application "System Events"
set isRunning to (count of (every process whose bundle identifier is "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp")) > 0
end tell
-- Get URI of current Spotify track
tell application "Spotify"
set theTrack to current track
set theID to id of theTrack
set theName to name of theTrack
log theID
end tell
-- Star the track using Starrify
do shell script "/path/to/starrify.py -t" & theID & " -u YOUR_SPOTIFY_USERNAME -p YOUR_SPOTIFY_PASSWORD"
-- Confirm via Growl
if isRunning then
tell application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp"
-- Make a list of all the notification types
-- that this script will ever send:
set the allNotificationsList to ¬
{"Starred Notification", "Test Notification"}
-- Make a list of the notifications
-- that will be enabled by default.
-- Those not enabled by default can be enabled later
-- in the 'Applications' tab of the Growl preferences.
set the enabledNotificationsList to ¬
{"Starred Notification", "Test Notification"}
-- Register our script with growl.
-- You can optionally (as here) set a default icon
-- for this script's notifications.
register as application ¬
"Starrify" all notifications allNotificationsList ¬
default notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬
icon of application "Script Editor"
-- Send a Notification...
notify with name ¬
"Starred Notification" title ¬
"Track Starred" description ¬
"You starred '" & theName & "'." application name "Starrify"
end tell
end if
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