[GH-ISSUE #467] Get Information of current playback from CLI #1200

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opened 2026-03-14 13:55:30 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-14 13:55:30 +03:00

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Originally created by @vsantele on GitHub (Jun 14, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/467

Is your feature already implemented in the latest master?
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I want to use spotify_player to get information of current song played via the CLI in order to use it via a script.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like a command like spotify_player get playback or spotify_player playback info to get a json with playback information if it's available.

Additional context
I try to implement this myself, I easily get a result with current_playback. But I'm not sure where is the best place to put this command.

github.com/aome510/spotify-player@b180b6bab5/spotify_player/src/cli/client.rs (L89-L101)

Originally created by @vsantele on GitHub (Jun 14, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/467 **Is your feature already implemented in the latest `master`?** No **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** I want to use spotify_player to get information of current song played via the CLI in order to use it via a script. **Describe the solution you'd like** I would like a command like `spotify_player get playback` or `spotify_player playback info` to get a json with playback information if it's available. **Additional context** I try to implement this myself, I easily get a result with `current_playback`. But I'm not sure where is the best place to put this command. https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/blob/b180b6bab5f5086496e8fb83e467320218289d5e/spotify_player/src/cli/client.rs#L89-L101

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2026-03-14 13:55:46 +03:00

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@jStimpert0430 commented on GitHub (Jun 14, 2024):

You can actually do exactly that with 'get key playback'. I use it to parse state and album information currently.

https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/294#issuecomment-1831581074

I do wish there were easier aliases however for more common things like artist/trackname.

@jStimpert0430 commented on GitHub (Jun 14, 2024): You can actually do exactly that with 'get key playback'. I use it to parse state and album information currently. https://github.com/aome510/spotify-player/issues/294#issuecomment-1831581074 I do wish there were easier aliases however for more common things like artist/trackname.

kerem commented

2026-03-14 13:55:51 +03:00

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@vsantele commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2024):

I didn't know this, thank you.

The documentation for cli commands doesn't explain well the get command. I will check that.

Aliases can be a good idea, but it can also be more generic and add a select parameters to specify which fields we want in return. With that we could have something like spotify_player get current that return basic info like title, artists, durations... And it's only a shortcut to something like `spotify_player get key playback --select "title,artists,duration".

@vsantele commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2024): I didn't know this, thank you. The documentation for cli commands doesn't explain well the get command. I will check that. Aliases can be a good idea, but it can also be more generic and add a `select` parameters to specify which fields we want in return. With that we could have something like `spotify_player get current` that return basic info like title, artists, durations... And it's only a shortcut to something like `spotify_player get key playback --select "title,artists,duration".

kerem commented

2026-03-14 13:55:56 +03:00

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@aome510 commented on GitHub (Jun 17, 2024):

Thanks @jStimpert0430. I'll close this issue for now as spotify_player does provide a CLI command to get playback info

@aome510 commented on GitHub (Jun 17, 2024): Thanks @jStimpert0430. I'll close this issue for now as `spotify_player` does provide a CLI command to get playback info