danj/spotify-cli-remote

A CLI tool for controlling Spotify on all platforms

spotify-cli-remote

A CLI tool for controlling Spotify playback on any platform, _(*1)

Requirements

• PHP
• Spotify Premium
• Composer

Installation

Composer

$ composer global require danj/spotify-cli-remote

Oh, and ensure that your composer vendor/bin directory is in your PATH:, _(*2)

$ export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH

Build from source

$ git clone https://github.com/danjohnson95/spotify-cli-remote

$ cd spotify-cli-remote

$ composer install

$ chmod +x spotify

And now put this directory in your PATH., _(*3)

Usage

Authentication

First, you must authenticate the CLI remote with your Spotify account., _(*4)

$ spotify login

You'll need to visit http://spotify-cli-remote.danjohnson.xyz to grant access, and you'll be redirected to a page displaying an authorisation code., _(*5)

You will need to copy and paste this authorisation code into the CLI when requested., _(*6)

Once authenticated, you can now control Spotify using your CLI!, _(*7)

Commands

spotify play      # Resumes/starts playback
spotify pause     # Pauses playback
spotify next      # Skips the current track
spotify prev      # Plays the previous track

What's the point?

I built this because I primarily work in a Windows environment with no media hotkeys. Switching over to the Spotify window was time consuming, and since I do pretty much everything else in the terminal, I figured controlling Spotify in the CLI would save me time. Hope it saves you time too., _(*8)