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Control Spotify from the command line on macOS

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Control Spotify at OS X Terminal

Name: SpotifyControl
Brand: SpotifyControl
SKU: //dronir/SpotifyControl
Rating: 2.81 (424 reviews)

An AppleScript for controlling Spotify through a terminal:

The scenario for which it was originally designed is controlling Spotify, which is playing on a Mac, via ssh, while working on a Linux machine on the other side of the room.

Currently supported functions are: play/pause, next/previous track, jumping in time, toggling shuffle/repeat and changing volume. This pretty much covers everything the AppleScript hooks of Spotify allow.

Tested Platforms

OS X Big Sur (11.5), Spotify 1.1.66.580
OS X El Capitan (10.11)
OS X Yosemite (10.10)
OS X Mavericks (10.9)
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
OS X Lion (10.7)

Installation

The simplest way to install the script is to

clone

the repository,

cd

into repository's directory, and run the command below to make a symbolic link into

/usr/local/bin/

ln -s $(pwd)/SpotifyControl /usr/local/bin/spotify

Usage

To start Spotify playback, type
```
spotify start
```
or
```
spotify play
```
. If you do this locally and Spotify is not running, it will start. Remotely, Spotify will not start properly. Optionally, pass a Spotify URI as a second argument.
To Search for track name and play, type
```
spotify play track [song name]
```
.
To Search for artist name and play, type
```
spotify play artist [artist name]
```
.
To Search for album name and play, type
```
spotify play album [album name]
```
.
To pause Spotify playback, type
```
spotify stop
```
or
```
spotify pause
```
.
To toggle playback, type
```
spotify play/pause
```
.
To go to the next track, type
```
spotify next
```
.
To go to the previous track, type
```
spotify previous
```
or
```
spotify 
prev
```
.
To print information about the currently playing track, type
```
spotify info
```
To jump to a particular time in the track, type
```
spotify jump N
```
, where N is the track position in seconds.
To fast forward, type
```
spotify forward N
```
where N is the number of seconds to jump ahead.
To rewind, type
```
spotify rewind N
```
where N is the number of seconds to jump backwards.
To change volume, type
```
spotify volume N
```
where N is a number between 0 and 100.
To increase volume by 10%, type
```
spotify volume up
```
.
To decrease volume by 10%, type
```
spotify volume down
```
.
Increase volume, type
```
spotify increasevolume N
```
where N is a number between 0 and 100 that you want to increment by.
Decrease volume, type
```
spotify decreasevolume N
```
where N is a number between 0 and 100 that you want to decrement by.
To toggle shuffle, type
```
spotify shuffle [on|off]
```
.
To toggle repeat, type
```
spotify repeat [on|off]
```
.
To show a list of these commands, just type
```
spotify
```
.

Over SSH

To enable the SSH server on OS X, go to Sharing in the System Preferences and enable Remote Login. The Sharing screen will also then tell you the command to use to connect to your Mac in the local network.

License

You may use, adapt, modify, and etc. Any way you want.