Hi,
a few days ago I asked for a possibility to stop the spotify player without killing and restarting the whole process!
In the meantime I’ve investigated a bit time and studied the code and concept of the python script ‘main.py’ . After a while I found a way to retrieve status and metadata from the spotify client by using a small self written python script. Here are some examples how this sript works:
spconnect_ctrl command [parameter]
pi@P1volumio:~$ ./spconnect_ctrl status
active : False
logged_in : True
repeat : False
shuffle : False
playing : False
pi@P1volumio:~$ ./spconnect_ctrl status active
False
pi@P1volumio:~$ ./spconnect_ctrl metadata
volume : 52428
context_uri : spotify:user:firstname.lastname:playlist:4gt54xczecpEK5C4k9S
cover_uri : spotify:image:87779c10f715c6f2afeb04c2d5619b933fc18c58
artist_name : Madrugada
track_uri : spotify:track:4C201yNPCEnMbTMO1yP5mR
artist_uri : spotify:artist:0iC8O5ABswVUFiYwM94bu3
track_name : Quite Emotional - Live; 2010 Remastered Version
album_uri : spotify:album:5zylhCTCHQstRpSU47BEiw
duration : 258934
album_name : The Best Of Madrugada
data0 : Best of Bests
pi@P1volumio:~$ ./spconnect_ctrl pause
OK
For those who are interested in the code:
[code]#!/usr/bin/python
-- coding: utf-8 --
Get status from Spotify Connect Client on Volumio
Creation: 29.02.2016
Last Update: 29.02.2016
Copyright © 2016 by Mr.Sponti
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
import required modules
import os
import sys
import requests
import json
sp_config = {
‘client’ : os.uname()[1],
‘port’ : ‘4000’,
‘status’ : (’/api/info/status’, ‘i’),
‘metadata’: (’/api/info/metadata’, ‘i’),
‘pause’ : (’/api/playback/pause’,‘p’),
‘play’ : (’/api/playback/play’, ‘p’)
}
def main ():
get command line parameter
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
print (“usage: %s command [parameter]” % sys.argv[0])
sys.exit()
if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
command = sys.argv[1]
if len(sys.argv) >= 3:
parameter = sys.argv[2]
else :
parameter = None
send http request to get data from spotify client
try:
rdata = requests.get(‘http://’+ sp_config[‘client’] + ‘:’ + sp_config[‘port’] + sp_config[command][0])
if rdata.ok :
if sp_config[command][1] == ‘p’ :
print (‘OK’)
else :
if not parameter :
for parameter,pvalue in rdata.json().items():
print (’%s : %s’ % (parameter, pvalue))
else :
print rdata.json()[parameter]
else :
print (‘Error: %s’ % rdata.status_code)
except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as error:
print (‘Connection Error: %s’ % error)
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as error:
print (‘HTTP Error: %s’ % error)
if name == ‘main’:
main()[/code]
after creating the file you need to change the ownership and permission.
chmod 755 spconnect_ctrl
sudo chown root spconnect_ctrl
sudo chgrp root spconnect_ctrl
pi@P1volumio:~$ ls -l spconnect_ctrl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1823 Feb 29 17:04 spconnect_ctrlIn case that someone is planning to build a player with a lcd, the sript can be used to read the metadata from the spotify client.
I’ve read the entire thread multiple times and have been able to install Fornoths github for spotify connect. However, when switching from SC to Airplay, Airplay simply isn’t availiable.
