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Linux media player (MPRIS) now playing status to Slack
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| from ansimarkup import ansiprint | |
| import calendar | |
| import datetime | |
| import dbus | |
| import json | |
| import random | |
| import re | |
| import requests | |
| token = '<YOUR_SLACK_TOKEN_HERE>' | |
| def getPlayingPlayer(): | |
| session_bus = dbus.SessionBus() | |
| for service in session_bus.list_names(): | |
| if re.match('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.', service): | |
| player = session_bus.get_object(service, '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2') | |
| interface = dbus.Interface(player, 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties') | |
| playbackStatus = interface.Get('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player', 'PlaybackStatus') | |
| if playbackStatus == 'Playing': | |
| ansiprint('<yellow>Currently playing:</yellow> ' + interface.Get('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2', 'Identity')) | |
| return interface | |
| ansiprint('<red>No players playing!</red>') | |
| quit() | |
| interface = getPlayingPlayer() | |
| metadata = interface.Get('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player', 'Metadata') | |
| status_text = 'Now Playing: ' + ','.join(metadata['xesam:artist']) + ' - ' + metadata['xesam:title'] | |
| expiration_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(minutes=2) | |
| profile = { | |
| 'status_text': status_text, | |
| 'status_emoji': random.choice([ | |
| ':cd:', | |
| ':headphones:', | |
| ':musical_note:', | |
| ':notes:', | |
| ':radio:', | |
| ]), | |
| 'status_expiration': calendar.timegm(expiration_time.timetuple()), | |
| } | |
| postBody = { | |
| 'profile': json.dumps(profile), | |
| 'token': token, | |
| } | |
| url = 'https://slack.com/api/users.profile.set' | |
| ansiprint('<yellow>Attempting to set status:</yellow> ' + status_text) | |
| r = requests.post(url, data = postBody) | |
| if(r.ok): | |
| parsed = json.loads(r.text) | |
| if parsed['ok']: | |
| ansiprint('<green>Success</green>') | |
| else: | |
| ansiprint('<red>Error setting status : ' + parsed['error'] + '</red>') | |
| else: | |
| r.raise_for_status() |
I've tested this with the following players on Linux Mint 18:
Theoretically, it should work for any player client that supports the MPRIS spec.
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Background info for setting Slack status programatically
Get your own Slack token here, then plug it in on line 10 instead of
<YOUR_SLACK_TOKEN_HERE>