Containing spotify listener launch to local configs; get_pid in spotify listener; Only sending spotify hooks to top bars instead of all bars

polybar/README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 Status Bar(s)
 
 https://github.com/polybar/polybar
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-

polybar/launch.sh

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # Terminate already running bar instances
 killall -q polybar
+#killall -q py_spotify_listener.py
 
 # Wait until the processes have been shut down
 while pgrep -u $UID -x polybar >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ for m in $(polybar --list-monitors | cut -d":" -f1); do
     MONITOR=$m polybar top -c ~/.config/polybar/config-top.ini > ~/.config/polybar/top.log &
     MONITOR=$m polybar bottom -c ~/.config/polybar/config-bottom.ini > ~/.config/polybar/bottom.log &
 done
+/usr/bin/env python3 ~/.config/polybar/spotify/py_spotify_listener.py > ~/.config/polybar/spotify/listener.log &
 
 exit 0
 

polybar/spotify/listener.log

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.2' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.2' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.2' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.2' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.2' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.2' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#playpause.hook.1' to PID 928
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 924
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 926
+Successfully wrote action '#spotify.hook.1' to PID 928

polybar/spotify/py_spotify_listener.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import dbus.service
 from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
 from os import system
+from os import popen
 from gi.repository import GLib
 import dbus
 
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ class Test(dbus.service.Object):
         raise Exception('FAIL!')
 
 
+def get_top_pid():
+    pids = popen("pgrep -f 'polybar top'").read().split('\n')
+    while('') in pids:
+        pids.remove('')
+    return pids
+
 def catchall_handler(*args, **kwargs):
     """Catch all handler.
     Catch and print information about all singals.
@@ -58,21 +65,30 @@ def event_handler(*args, **kwargs):
     """arg[1] contains metadata"""
     """arg[1][1] contains PlaybackStatus"""
     data = unwrap(args)
+    pids = get_top_pid()
+    print("Top Bar PIDs:", pids)
     #if 'spotify' in data[1]['Metadata']['mpris:trackid']:
     if 'PlaybackStatus' in data[1]:
         if data[1]['PlaybackStatus'] == "Playing":
             print("Music is playing")
-            """ Send IPC hook 2 to all bars for module playpause """
+            """ Send IPC hook 2 to top bars for module playpause """
-            #system("polybar-msg hook playpause 2")
+            for pid in pids:
-            system("polybar-msg action '#playpause.hook.1'")
+                #system("polybar-msg hook playpause 2")
+                cmd = "polybar-msg -p " + pid + " action '#playpause.hook.1'"
+                system(cmd)
         if data[1]['PlaybackStatus'] == "Paused":
             print("Music is paused.")
             """ Send IPC hook 3 to all bars module playpause """
             #system("polybar-msg hook playpause 3")
-            system("polybar-msg action '#playpause.hook.2'")
+            for pid in pids:
+                cmd = "polybar-msg -p " + pid + " action '#playpause.hook.2'"
+                system(cmd)
             """ Send IPC hook 2 to all bars for module spotify """
     #system("polybar-msg hook spotify 2")
-    system("polybar-msg action '#spotify.hook.1'")
+    for pid in pids:
+        cmd = "polybar-msg -p " + pid + " action '#spotify.hook.1'"
+        #system("polybar-msg action '#spotify.hook.1'")
+        system(cmd)
 
 def unwrap(val):
     if isinstance(val, dbus.ByteArray):