awesome-wm-widgets/_widgets/spotify.md

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# Spotify widget

This widget displays currently playing song on [Spotify for Linux](https://www.spotify.com/download/linux/) client: ![screenshot](https://github.com/streetturtle/AwesomeWM/blob/master/spotify-widget/spo-wid-1.png?raw=true) and consists of two parts: 

 - status icon which shows if music is currently playing
 - artist and name of the current song playing

## Controls

 - left click - play/pause
 - scroll up - play next song
 - scroll down - play previous song

## Dependencies

Note that widget uses the Arc icon theme, so it should be [installed](https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme#installation) first under **/usr/share/icons/Arc/** folder.

Also this widget uses the output of the **spotify_stat** script which could be found in the widget folder.

## Installation

First you need to have spotify CLI installed. Here is how you can do it (except widget part): [pavelmakhov.com/2016/02/awesome-wm-spotify](http://pavelmakhov.com/2016/02/awesome-wm-spotify) 

To use this widget put **spotify.lua** under **~/.config/awesome/** and add it in **rc.lua**:

```lua
require("spotify")
...
s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
	{ -- Right widgets
    	layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
		...
        spotify_widget,
		...      
```

## Troubleshooting

_Status icon (play/pause) is not shown_:
 - make **spotify_stat** script executable (by `sudo chmod +x spotify_stat`) and run it in terminal, output should be either `RUNNING` or `CORKED`;
 - the **spotify_stat** script is called by **spotify.lua** so make sure that `get_spotify_status_cmd` in **spotify.lua** contains the right path to the script;
 - create an issue :octocat:.