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# Spotify widget
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This widget displays currently playing song on [Spotify for Linux](https://www.spotify.com/download/linux/) client:  and consists of two parts:
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- status icon which shows if music is currently playing
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- artist and name of the current song playing
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## Controls
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- left click - play/pause
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- scroll up - play next song
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- scroll down - play previous song
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## Dependencies
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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.
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## Installation
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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)
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To use this widget clone repo under **~/.config/awesome/** and then add it in **rc.lua**:
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```lua
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local spotify_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.spotify-widget.spotify")
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...
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s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
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{ -- Right widgets
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layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
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...
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spotify_widget,
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...
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```
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