spotify-cover.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Written by Demetrio Ferro <ferrodemetrio@gmail.com> <https://twitter.com/DemetrioFerro>
# Distributed under license GPLv3+ GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. YOU USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE AUTHOR
# WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY
# OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING OR MISUSING THIS SOFTWARE.
# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
# source : https://gist.github.com/red-noise/9789642
# adapted by http://www.erikdubois.be

#first_cover=""
	#file="~/.config/conky/cover.txt"
	old_cover=$(<cover.txt)
	#echo $old_cover
	new_cover=$(dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata'|egrep -A 1 "artUrl"|cut -b 44-|cut -d '"' -f 1|egrep -v ^$)
	#echo $old_cover
	#echo $new_cover

	if [ "$new_cover" != "$old_cover" ]
	then
		old_cover="$new_cover"
		wget -O ~/.config/conky/last_album_pic.png $new_cover
		echo $old_cover > cover.txt
		#echo $old_cover
	fi
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