[GH-ISSUE #165] get newest album cover image #1020

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opened 2026-03-14 13:01:33 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-03-14 13:01:33 +03:00

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Originally created by @sewnie on GitHub (Mar 23, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/165

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
as i cant see the album cover in the terminal (on x11, sixel on st sucks), so id like to randomly see it with my image viewer.

Describe the solution you'd like

a symlink in the image cache directory that leads to the current playing (or last) song's album cover image. for example: ./current.jpg -> ./The Tenth Sub Level Of Suicide-Leviathan-cover.jpg
above, but the file is copied.
alternatives below

Describe alternatives you've considered
using the playback command from #159 to parse the current playing song's album ({album}-{artist}-cover.jpg} to get the image

alternatively:

~ $ playerctl metadata mpris:artUrl
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273ec74ef216bbef83cda4d0f72
~ $

however i'd rather not use playerctl, though it can solve the issue i had with it being super slow, and not needing to request spotify api.

Additional context
i oversaw this issue by getting the 'latest' image, but as its cached and not 're-downloaded', it's contradicted.

additionally, it would be nice if the keybindings array could support external commands, so that i can open the latest album cover's image straight from spotify-player.

Originally created by @sewnie on GitHub (Mar 23, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/165 **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** as i cant see the album cover in the terminal (on x11, sixel on st *sucks*), so id like to randomly see it with my image viewer. **Describe the solution you'd like** 1. a symlink in the `image` cache directory that leads to the current playing (or last) song's album cover image. for example: `./current.jpg -> ./The Tenth Sub Level Of Suicide-Leviathan-cover.jpg` 2. above, but the file is copied. 3. alternatives below **Describe alternatives you've considered** using the `playback` command from #159 to parse the current playing song's album (`{album}-{artist}-cover.jpg`} to get the image alternatively: ``` ~ $ playerctl metadata mpris:artUrl https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273ec74ef216bbef83cda4d0f72 ~ $ ``` however i'd rather not use `playerctl`, though it can solve the issue i had with it being super slow, and not needing to request spotify api. **Additional context** i oversaw this issue by getting the 'latest' image, but as its cached and not 're-downloaded', it's contradicted. additionally, it would be nice if the keybindings array could support external commands, so that i can open the latest album cover's image straight from spotify-player.

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2026-03-14 13:01:33 +03:00

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2026-03-14 13:01:49 +03:00

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@aome510 commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2023):

with #159, this should be possible with the following command (needs jq command):

spotify_player get key playback | \ 
jq '.item.album.name + "-" + ([.item.album.artists[].name] | join(", ")) +  "-cover.jpq"'

@aome510 commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2023): with #159, this should be possible with the following command (needs `jq` command): ```shell spotify_player get key playback | \ jq '.item.album.name + "-" + ([.item.album.artists[].name] | join(", ")) + "-cover.jpq"' ```