Fetching the Currently Playing Song on Raspotify

[roro56458]

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Hey,
I actually use Raspotify, and I want to know if it is possible to fetch the music that someone is currently listening to!

Thank you,
Have a great day!

[kimtore]

Hi @roro56458

The track that was loaded is logged in the system journal:

% sudo journalctl -u raspotify | grep 'librespot_playback::player] Loading'
Feb 07 23:43:55 tv librespot[30634]: [2025-02-07T22:43:55Z INFO  librespot_playback::player] Loading <The Luminous Alchemist> with Spotify URI <spotify:track:1HAVXXr49PbrKk4033kA9N>
Feb 08 11:08:56 tv librespot[30634]: [2025-02-08T10:08:56Z INFO  librespot_playback::player] Loading <Up the Stairs> with Spotify URI <spotify:track:48yXUYkd9X9rgaQPxdXbN2>
Feb 08 11:09:32 tv librespot[30634]: [2025-02-08T10:09:32Z INFO  librespot_playback::player] Loading <The Ravens Are Back> with Spotify URI <spotify:track:0yihILEDOVlcrVUs45llye>

You can parse this data to get the reference to the track (e.g. spotify:track:0yihILEDOVlcrVUs45llye, and integrate it with some other search service to get the full metadata.

Otherwise I would recommend asking the librespot devs, as Raspotify is just the Debian-specific configuration wrapped around it.

[roro56458]

Hi, thank you for the response! Have a great day.