Shows and controls the music that is now playing. Currently supports Spotify, iTunes, and Vox.
#!/bin/bash
# <xbar.title>Now playing</xbar.title>
# <xbar.version>v1.1</xbar.version>
# <xbar.author>Adam Kenyon</xbar.author>
# <xbar.author.github>adampk90</xbar.author.github>
# <xbar.desc>Shows and controls the music that is now playing. Currently supports Spotify, iTunes, and Vox.</xbar.desc>
# <xbar.image>https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbKmTS7VAAA84VS.png:small</xbar.image>
# <xbar.dependencies></xbar.dependencies>
# <xbar.abouturl></xbar.abouturl>
# first, determine if there's an app that's playing or paused
apps=(Music Spotify Vox)
playing=""
paused=""
# Determine if we are running a pre-Catalina OS X version and adjust the apps accordingly.
osx_ver_before_catalina=$(sw_vers -productVersion | grep -E "10\.\d[0-4]+\..*")
if [ -n "$osx_ver_before_catalina" ]; then
apps=(iTunes Spotify Vox)
fi
for i in "${apps[@]}"; do
# is the app running?
app_state=$(osascript -e "application \"$i\" is running")
# shellcheck disable=SC2181
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
# just exit if there was an error determining the app's state
# (the app might be in the middle of quitting)
exit
fi
if [ "$app_state" = "true" ] && [ "$track" = "" ]; then
# yes, it's running
# is it playing music currently?
app_playing=$(osascript -e "tell application \"$i\" to player state as string")
if [ "$app_playing" = "paused" ] || [ "$app_playing" = "0" ]; then
# nope, it's paused
paused="$i"
elif [ "$app_playing" = "playing" ] || [ "$app_playing" = "1" ]; then
# yes, it's playing
playing="$i"
fi
fi
done
# open a specified app
if [ "$1" = "open" ]; then
osascript -e "tell application \"$2\" to activate"
exit
fi
# play/pause
if [ "$1" = "play" ] || [ "$1" = "pause" ]; then
osascript -e "tell application \"$2\" to $1"
exit
fi
# next/previous
if [ "$1" = "next" ] || [ "$1" = "previous" ]; then
osascript -e "tell application \"$2\" to $1 track"
# tell spotify to hit "Previous" twice so it actually plays the previous track
# instead of just starting from the beginning of the current one
if [ "$playing" = "Spotify" ] && [ "$1" = "previous" ]; then
osascript -e "tell application \"$2\" to $1 track"
fi
osascript -e "tell application \"$2\" to play"
exit
fi
# start outputting information to bitbar
if [ "$playing" = "" ] && [ "$paused" = "" ]; then
# nothing is even paused
echo "🙉 No music playing | color=gray"
else
# something is playing or is paused
track=""
artist=""
if [ "$playing" = "" ]; then
echo "$paused is paused | color=#888888"
echo "---"
app="$paused"
else
app="$playing"
fi
track_query="name of current track"
artist_query="artist of current track"
# Vox uses a different syntax for track and artist names
if [ "$app" = "Vox" ]; then
track_query="track"
artist_query="artist"
fi
# output the track and artist
track=$(osascript -e "tell application \"$app\" to $track_query")
artist=$(osascript -e "tell application \"$app\" to $artist_query")
echo "$track | length=40" | awk -F '\ -' '{print $1}'
echo "---"
echo "$artist"
if [ "$playing" != "" ]; then
echo "Now playing on $app | color=gray bash='$0' param1=open param2=$app terminal=false"
echo "---"
echo "⏸ Pause | bash='$0' param1=pause param2=$app refresh=true terminal=false"
else
echo "▶️ Play | bash='$0' param1=play param2=$app refresh=true terminal=false"
fi
echo "⏭ Next | bash='$0' param1=next param2=$app refresh=true terminal=false"
echo "⏮ Previous | bash='$0' param1=previous param2=$app refresh=true terminal=false"
fi
# add an Open option for each service
echo "---"
for i in "${apps[@]}"; do
echo "Open $i | bash='$0' param1=open param2=$i terminal=false"
done