Control Spotify at OS X Terminal

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 (Spotify 1.0.36.124)

• 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

cd

/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.