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    #!/bin/bash

 

# Collect DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS from running process

function set_dbus_adress

{

        USER=$1

        PROCESS=$2

        PID=`pgrep -o -u $USER $PROCESS`

        ENVIRON=/proc/$PID/environ

 

        if [ -e $ENVIRON ]

         then

        export `grep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS $ENVIRON`

         else

        echo "Unable to set DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS."

        exit 1

        fi

}

 

function spotify_cmd

{

        dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.$1 1> /dev/null

}

 

function spotify_query

{

        qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player PlaybackStatus

}

 

function quit_message

{

        echo "Usage: `basename $0` {play|pause|playpause|next|previous|stop|playstatus|<spotify URI>}"

        exit 1

}

 

# Count arguments, must be 1

if [ "$#" -ne "1" ]

then

        echo -e "You must supply exactly one argument!\n"

        quit_message

fi

 

# Check if DBUS_SESSION is set

if [ -z $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS ]

         then

        #echo "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS not set. Guessing."

        set_dbus_adress `whoami` spotify

fi

 

case "$1" in

        play)

                spotify_cmd Play

                ;;

        pause)

                spotify_cmd Pause

                ;;

        playpause)

                spotify_cmd PlayPause

                ;;

        next)

                spotify_cmd Next

                ;;

        previous)

                spotify_cmd Previous

                ;;

        stop)

                spotify_cmd Stop

                ;;

        spotify:user:*)

                spotify_cmd "OpenUri string:$1"

                spotify_cmd Play

                ;;

        spotify:*:*)

                spotify_cmd "OpenUri string:$1"

                ;;

        playstatus)

                spotify_query

                ;;

        *)

                echo -e "Bad argument.\n"

                quit_message

                ;;

esac

 

exit 0