node-spotify-webhelper

node-spotify-webhelper

Node.js interface for the Spotify WebHelper API, based on this great article: http://cgbystrom.com/articles/deconstructing-spotifys-builtin-http-server/

The API interacts with the SpotifyWebHelper process via HTTP. For windows, the module checks whether SpotifyWebHelper.exe is running, and try to run it if not.

API:

This module exposes the SpotifyWebHelper object, which exposes the following methods:

• getStatus (cb : function(err, res)) - get current status information (name of song/artist which is currently playing, etc..)
• pause (cb : function(err, res)) - pause currently playing song
• unpause (cb : function(err, res)) - unpause currently playing song
• play (spotifyurl : string, cb : function(err, res)) - play the given spotify url
• Constructor (port : number (optional)) - Creates a new SpotifyWebHelper object, default port to communicate with the SpotifyWebHelper is 4370, other port can be specified when creating the object.

Example:

var nodeSpotifyWebHelper = require('node-spotify-webhelper');
var spotify = new nodeSpotifyWebHelper.SpotifyWebHelper();

// get the name of the song which is currently playing
spotify.getStatus(function (err, res) {
  if (err) {
    return console.error(err);
  }

  console.info('currently playing:', 
    res.track.artist_resource.name, '-',  
    res.track.track_resource.name);
});