spotify_status

This is a little python script which outputs the current playing song to stdout.
The tool waits for a notfication by Spotify and asks for the metadata of the current song.

Dependencies

• Python (2.x or 3.x)
• Python dbus
• Python gi.repository

Usage:

Adjust the path to status.py in monitor.py:

def print_status():
    os.system("python path/to/script/spotify_status/status.py")

Example for Polybar

[module/spotify]
type = custom/script
exec = python /path/to/script/spotify_status/monitor.py
format = <label>