#!/bin/bash # The name of polybar bar which houses the main spotify module and the control modules. PARENT_BAR="mainbar-i3" # Set the source audio player here. # Players supporting the MPRIS spec are supported. # Examples: spotify, vlc, chrome, mpv and others. # Use `playerctld` to always detect the latest player. # See more here: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl/#selecting-players-to-control PLAYER="spotify" # Format of the information displayed # Eg. {{ artist }} - {{ album }} - {{ title }} # See more attributes here: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl/#printing-properties-and-metadata FORMAT="{{ title }} - {{ artist }}" PLAYERCTL_STATUS=$(playerctl --player=$PLAYER status 2>/dev/null) EXIT_CODE=$? if [ $EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then STATUS=$PLAYERCTL_STATUS else STATUS="No player is running" fi if [ "$1" == "--status" ]; then echo "$STATUS" else if [ "$STATUS" = "Stopped" ]; then echo "No music is playing" # A note on hooks: # In the polybar config, they are supposed to be zero-indexed. # When making IPC calls, 1-based index numbers are to be used. # So don't get confused with hook value as 2. elif [ "$STATUS" = "Paused" ]; then polybar-msg -p "$(pgrep -f "polybar $PARENT_BAR")" hook spotify-play-pause 2 1>/dev/null 2>&1 playerctl --player=$PLAYER metadata --format "$FORMAT" elif [ "$STATUS" = "No player is running" ]; then echo $STATUS else polybar-msg -p "$(pgrep -f "polybar $PARENT_BAR")" hook spotify-play-pause 1 1>/dev/null 2>&1 playerctl --player=$PLAYER metadata --format "$FORMAT" fi fi