Spotify CLI

This thing rocks!

From https://gist.github.com/wandernauta/6800547, incredible, thank you so much to the creator and commenters who suggested updates!!

Usage:

Copy the script to somewhere in your path:

# Pick somewhere in your path, I used /usr/local/bin
echo $PATH

# Create file there, then copy /control-spotify.sh contents into it
# You might need sudo, use with care
# Use vi or whatever editor you want
# Whatever you name the file (I used sp) is how you will use it
vi /usr/local/bin/sp

# Make it executable (same, might need sudo)
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/sp

Get yourself some credentials:

• Generate a client ID and secret for an app using spotify developer dashboard
• Base64 encode the them joined by a :, like base64encode(client_id:secret)
• Store this base64 encoded string in ~/.bashrc or similar (~/.zshrc if you use zsh) like

export CREDENTIALS=<your beautiful encoded string>

• Reload to get CREDENTIALS available: source ~/.bashrc

Use it!!

• sp moonshine caravan palace
• sp business casual
• sp current

Etc - use plain sp to see all the options.

Follow the dev saga

I had a fun time blogging about the process of getting this to work this first time!

Dev To do:

Doesn't work:

• sp url (prints http://open.spotify.com/track/ with Honey I'm Good (or anything else, it seems) playing)