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Write current Spotify song to file for OBS
set oldTrack to ""
set current_user to do shell script "whoami"
set the_file to "/Users/" & current_user & "/NowPlaying.txt"
do shell script "touch " & POSIX path of the_file -- create file
repeat
if application "Spotify" is not running then
say "spotify is not running"
return
end if
tell application "Spotify"
try
if player state is playing then
set theTrack to name of the current track
set theArtist to artist of the current track
set theAlbum to album of the current track
if oldTrack is not equal to theTrack then
set oldTrack to theTrack
tell application "Finder"
try
set eof of the_file to 0
-- Nicecast set theSong to "Artist: " & theArtist & return & "Title: " & theTrack
set theSong to "\"" & theTrack & "\"" & " by " & theArtist
write (theSong) to the_file
end try
end tell
end if
end if
end try
end tell
delay 10
end repeat
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