SPOTICLY

Browse, control and listen to spotify from the command line (mac os only for now, windows support might come later)

Why would I need this?

I am on dual screen at work and I was fed up with switching from command line/ editor to spotify all the time, also I was not happy with already existing CLI solutions, I made this CLI utility to spare me some time. Context switching aside, it's actually even faster than using the GUI.

INSTALL AND SETUP

INSTALL

npm install -g spoticly

FIRST USE

Get your credentials (spotify client ID and secret token) by creating an app at this address: https://developer.spotify.com/my-applications It's fast and easy, put whatever in the form.

Spoticly will ask for it the first time you use it.

Usage

Listen to an artist

By default, you will get to choose among an artist's albums using this command:

    spoticly artist radiohead

Use the '--choose' option or just 'ch' if you need to choose among several artists, it's useful if several artists have similar names, ex:

    spoticly artist ch radiohead
    spoticly artist --choose radiohead

    (will give you a list of artists to choose from)

Use the 'all' option if you want to select not only albums but also singles and compilations (without this option, you will get to choose among albums only)

    spoticly artist all nirvana

Use the '--top-tracks' option, or just 'tt' if you just want to listen to the artist's top tracks, ex:

    spoticly artist tt qotsa

    (will play Queen of the Stone Age's top tracks)

Listen to a playlist

Use this command to choose a playlist or its shortcut 'pl':

    spoticly playlist "chanson française"    
    spoticly pl "chanson française"

Listen to a specific track

You can search for a specific track using the "track" command, or 'tr'

    spoticly track "song for the dead"
    spoticly tr "song for the dead"

Navigate inside an album or a playlist

Use 'track-list' or 'tr' to display and navigate inside an album or playlist

    spoticly --track-list
    spoticly tr

CONTROLS AND OTHER COMMANDS

Use the --help command to get a detailed list of all features (play/pause/next/previous etc...)

    spoticly --help

TODO

Improve tests, get a user's playlists, paginate long playlists, add an about command, notify updates...