Spotifious: a natural Spotify controller for Alfred

[vdesabou]

Thanks!

 

It is not possible to select playlists.

 

The overhead of selecting playlists is substantial. Vdesabou's awesome Spotify player keeps a cache of all your playlists so you can browse them, but doesn't update playlist contents on the fly. I don't want to implement such feature unless I could guarantee it would work perfectly.

 

Hi, I figured out a way to update library and playlists directly from workflow (using web sockets from within spottily app)!

See my last post here http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/1892-spotify-mini-player-version-33-now-update-library-and-playlists-from-workflow/?p=19825

 

[citelao]

Hi, I figured out a way to update library and playlists directly from workflow (using web sockets from within spottily app)!

See my last post here http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/1892-spotify-mini-player-version-33-now-update-library-and-playlists-from-workflow/?p=19825

 

 

Woah... well I have to do something with this, somehow.

[sks]

great thing. but sadly it does not work for me. shows nothing but "null" .. "null by" "null artist" and so on. maybe because "null" is called "zero" in german?

is there any way to fix this?

[citelao]

great thing. but sadly it does not work for me. shows nothing but "null" .. "null by" "null artist" and so on. maybe because "null" is called "zero" in german?

is there any way to fix this?

 

"Null" is the value I use when there's missing titles for an item.

 

When does Spotifious show it? On startup, search, or what?

[sks]

everywhere... it seems, there is no connection to spotify. maybe because i installed spotify after spotifous? but i already reinstalled spotifous - without change.

Edited November 15, 2013 by sks

[citelao]

everywhere... it seems, there is no connection to spotify. maybe because i installed spotify after spotifous? but i already reinstalled spotifous - without change.

 

You should file an issue on the Github page so I can help you easier. In the meantime, can you try running this AppleScript file and tell me what it prints out?

[sks]

oops, ok. now, i first played something in spotify to test spotifous. ^^  play, pause and the info of song and artist is working fine. but the search function is still not working.

[citelao]

but the search function is still not working.

 

Do you have some example searches that you've tried and won't work? Also, the Spotify API can be a bit slow to respond— have you tried waiting a minute?

[sks]

no search worked.. tried anything... have waited over a minute

is there any kind of debug-mode ?

oh, and maybe i have to say, that i'm using mavericks?

Edited November 18, 2013 by sks

[citelao]

no search worked.. tried anything... have waited over a minute

is there any kind of debug-mode ?

oh, and maybe i have to say, that i'm using mavericks?

 

It should work fine in Mavericks; debug mode will be present in the update.

 

http://ws.spotify.com/search/1/track?q=test has results, right?

[sks]

hm?! what results? if i click on it, an xml shows up

[citelao]

hm?! what results? if i click on it, an xml shows up

 

OK— making sure the web lookup API was working for you.

 

Can you post the output xml for me?

1. Go to Alfred preferences and, under 'Workflows', select Spotifious.
2. Double click the item with the Spotify icon that says 'Spotifious' and 'script filter.' See here.
3. Under the item marked 'Script:', add the code

    | tee ~/Desktop/output.log

   so it looks like this.

4. Click 'Save' and run Spotifious normally, searching for your favorite music.

5. Post the 'output.log' file (on your Desktop) here.

That should help!

Edited November 23, 2013 by citelao

[beaulebens]

Is it possible to trigger a Radio station based on the current playing track? It'd be really cool if I could just trigger Spotifous and then type "radio" or "r" or something, and start playing radio based on the current track

 

Great work on this!

[citelao]

Is it possible to trigger a Radio station based on the current playing track? It'd be really cool if I could just trigger Spotifous and then type "radio" or "r" or something, and start playing radio based on the current track

 

Great work on this!

 

That would require changing how Spotifious tells Spotify to play a new song, which I'm trying to do, but haven't gotten in a way I like.

[Neilio]

This seems to be broken - I get a lot of PHP errors when I try to run a search. Some captured below:

 

[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 0: PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /Users/-/Dropbox/apps/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.047E2FC0-1ED0-4C14-9E11-3B496309DB7D/main.php on line 41
PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant subtitle - assumed 'subtitle' in /Users/-/Dropbox/apps/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.047E2FC0-1ED0-4C14-9E11-3B496309DB7D/main.php on line 42
PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant arg - assumed 'arg' in /Users/-/Dropbox/apps/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.047E2FC0-1ED0-4C14-9E11-3B496309DB7D/main.php on line 43
PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant icon - assumed 'icon' in /Users/-/Dropbox/apps/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.047E2FC0-1ED0-4C14-9E11-3B496309DB7D/main.php on line 44
PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant title - assumed 'title' in /Users/-/Dropbox/apps/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.047E2FC0-1ED0-4C14-9E11-3B496309DB7D/main.php on line 46
PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant subtitle - assumed 'subtitle' in /Users/-/Dropbox/apps/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.047E2FC0-1ED0-4C14-9E11-3B496309DB7D/main.php on line 47
PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant autocomplete - assumed 'autocomplete' in /Users/-/Dropbox/apps/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.047E2FC0-1ED0-4C14-9E11-3B496309DB7D/main.php on line 48
PHP Notice:  Use of undefined constant valid - assumed 'valid' in /Users/-/Dropbox/apps/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.047E2FC0-1ED0-4C14-9E11-3B496309DB7D/main.php on line 49

 

[citelao]

This seems to be broken - I get a lot of PHP errors when I try to run a search. Some captured below:

 

I've fixed it in 0.9 (which I am just about ready to seed to the next version— I'm waiting for a quiet time at school so I can update all my links).

 

 

EDIT: It should be out now!

Edited April 17, 2014 by citelao

[citelao]

Released v0.9! Download it from GitHub or Packal!

 

Completely rewritten, with error reporting and a better overall experience!

Edited April 17, 2014 by citelao

[jomaweb]

Hi

 

 

Installed flawlessly, search for songs and artists worked ok, but can't play any song. When song is selected nothing happened. Spotify keeps silent.

 

any help would be much appreciated

 

Regards

[citelao]

Hi

 

 

Installed flawlessly, search for songs and artists worked ok, but can't play any song. When song is selected nothing happened. Spotify keeps silent.

 

any help would be much appreciated

 

Regards

First step is to figure out where Spotifious is going wrong. Can you run this application and see if it pauses Spotify?

[Martin]

Thanks for this

 

How do I go to next/previous track with the latest version?

[citelao]

Thanks for this

 

How do I go to next/previous track with the latest version?

 

You're welcome I love making it.

 

Those features are not present in the current release. I will be adding them.

[ChristianOlsen]

Hi citelao

 

Thanks for a great workflow:)

 

Is there any way to add a notification when a new song starts?

[citelao]

Hi citelao

 

Thanks for a great workflow:)

 

Is there any way to add a notification when a new song starts?

 

You're welcome

 

Not at the moment—I have some beta code that does, but I haven't gotten it working in a way that makes me 100% ready to release it yet. I'll keep you posted!

[Ripcordian]

UPDATE: It all seems to work perfect today, might have been just a hick-up of some sorts. Thanks anyway!

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Hey Citelao, thanks for this awesome script! Can't tell you how much i missed something that could match the directness of the "jump"-function in Winamp about two decades ago

 

Unfortunatley it stopped working for me with the latest spotify update (0.9.14.13.gba5645ad). I'm on the latest Spotifious 0.9.4.

 

When I enter my keyword Spoti and a song, "Spoti Cult logic"i get a message that the spotify api could'nt be reached. Below is at transcript of the log. Hope it's an easy fix. Oh and check out the great song i mentioned, by Mike Snow aswell

 

Thanks!

 

# Error Log # 

## Error Info ## 

Could not access Spotify API. Try searching again

Line 26, /Users/rickardortegren/Library/Application Support/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.FB4295A1-5196-4097-A138-538A52F297ED/src/citelao/OhAlfred/HTTP/Fetcher.php

 

## Symbols ## 

Array

(

    [message] => Could not access Spotify API. Try searching again

    [vars] => 

    [0] => Array

        (

            [file] => /Users/rickardortegren/Library/Application Support/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.FB4295A1-5196-4097-A138-538A52F297ED/src/citelao/OhAlfred/HTTP/JsonFetcher.php

            [line] => 15

            [function] => run

            [class] => OhAlfred\HTTP\Fetcher

            [type] => ->

            [args] => Array

                (

                )

 

        )

 

    [1] => Array

        (

            [file] => /Users/rickardortegren/Library/Application Support/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.FB4295A1-5196-4097-A138-538A52F297ED/src/citelao/Spotifious/Menus/Search.php

            [line] => 24

            [function] => run

            [class] => OhAlfred\HTTP\JsonFetcher

            [type] => ->

            [args] => Array

                (

                )

 

        )

 

    [2] => Array

        (

            [file] => /Users/rickardortegren/Library/Application Support/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.FB4295A1-5196-4097-A138-538A52F297ED/src/citelao/Spotifious/Spotifious.php

            [line] => 60

            [function] => __construct

            [class] => Spotifious\Menus\Search

            [type] => ->

            [args] => Array

                (

                    [0] => cult

                )

 

        )

 

    [3] => Array

        (

            [file] => /Users/rickardortegren/Library/Application Support/Alfred 2/Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows/user.workflow.FB4295A1-5196-4097-A138-538A52F297ED/main.php

            [line] => 23

            [function] => run

            [class] => Spotifious\Spotifious

            [type] => ->

            [args] => Array

                (

                    [0] => cult

                )

 

        )

 

)

Edited October 9, 2014 by Ripcordian

[Ripcordian]

And a little feature request as well:

 

Often i just wanna search for an artist i like and just start playing that artist (with shuffle) is it possible to ad that option? As it is now i just get the option to "browse" the artist.

 

Thanks!

 

edit: the same goes for albums. Perhaps Enter could be "browse" and shift+Enter could be "shuffle play"?

Edited October 9, 2014 by Ripcordian