sp

With this script you can easily use Spotify features via command line on Linux.

Installation

All you need to do is save the sp file in any of the directories added to yout PATH, e.g. I put it in "/usr/bin".

Features

You can easily see all the features with "sp help":

Usage: sp [command]
Control a running Spotify instance from the command line.

  sp play       - Play/pause Spotify
  sp pause      - Pause Spotify
  sp next       - Go to next track
  sp prev       - Go to previous track

  sp current    - Format the currently playing track
  sp metadata   - Dump the current track's metadata
  sp eval       - Return the metadata as a shell script

  sp art        - Print the URL to the current track's album artwork
  sp display    - Display the current album artwork with display
  
  sp feh        - Display the current album artwork with feh

  sp url        - Print the HTTP URL for the currently playing track
  sp clip       - Copy the HTTP URL to the X clipboard
  sp http       - Open the HTTP URL in a web browser

  sp open <uri> - Open a spotify: uri
  sp search <q> - Start playing the best search result for the given query
  sp pl <q>     - Search playlists, start playing the best search result for the given query, if there is a match

  sp version    - Show version information
  sp help       - Show this information

Any other argument will start a search (i.e. 'sp foo' will search for foo).

Activate search feature

To activate the search feature you need to change the SP_ID and SP_SECRET variables. You can get these values by going to https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard, logging-in with your Spotify account and creating a new app; you can then copy your Client ID and Secret ID.

Credits

I found this script online, first here (by wandernauta) and then here (by streetturtle), but the search feature was not working. I was able to fix it, so I decided to share it here. Big thanks to olegrumiancev for his contribution: he added the feature of searching on playlist with "sp pl ".