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# Spotify widget
This widget displays currently playing song on [Spotify for Linux](https://www.spotify.com/download/linux/) client: ![screenshot](./spo-wid-default.png) and consists of two parts:
This widget displays currently playing song on [Spotify for Linux](https://www.spotify.com/download/linux/) client: ![screenshot](./spo-wid-1.png)
Some features:
- status icon which shows if music is currently playing
- artist and name of the current song
- dim widget if spotify is paused
- trim long artist/song names
- tooltip with more info about the song
## Controls
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| `play_icon` | `/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/24/player_play.png` | Play icon |
| `pause_icon` | `/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/24/player_pause.png` | Pause icon |
| `font` | `Play 9`| Font |
| `dim_when_paused` | `false` | Decrease the widget opacity if spotify is paused |
| `dim_opacity` | `0.2` | Widget's opacity when dimmed, `dim_when_paused` should be set to `true` |
| `max_length` | `15` | Maximum lentgh of artist and title names. Text will be ellipsized if longer. |
| `show_tooltip` | `true`| Show tooltip on hover with information about the playing song |
### Example:
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spotify_widget({
font = 'Ubuntu Mono 9',
play_icon = '/usr/share/icons/Papirus-Light/24x24/categories/spotify.svg',
pause_icon = '/usr/share/icons/Papirus-Dark/24x24/panel/spotify-indicator.svg'
pause_icon = '/usr/share/icons/Papirus-Dark/24x24/panel/spotify-indicator.svg',
dim_when_paused = true,
dim_opacity = 0.5,
max_length = -1,
show_tooltip = false
})
```
Gives following widget:
Gives following widget
![screenshot](./spo-wid-custom.png)
Playing:
![screenshot](./spotify-widget-custom-playing.png)
Paused:
![screenshot](./spotify-widget-custom-paused.png)
## Installation
First you need to have spotify CLI installed, it uses dbus to communicate with spotify-client:
```bash
git clone https://gist.github.com/fa6258f3ff7b17747ee3.git
cd ./fa6258f3ff7b17747ee3
git clone https://gist.github.com/wandernauta/6800547.git
cd ./6800547
chmod +x sp
sudo cp ./sp /usr/local/bin/
```