gpmdp-cli

gpmdp-cli is a CLI client for Google Play Music Desktop Player. The client interfaces with the Playback Websocket API of GPMDP.

Installation

gpmdp-cli requires python 3.5 or greater to run.

dependencies can be found in requirements.txt and can be installed with the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Setup

Enable Playback API

You must check the Enable Playback API checkbox in the GENERAL section of GPMDP's Settings.

Authenticating

When you first use the client a UI will popup in GPMDP containing a 4 digit code. This code must be entered into gpmdp-cli when prompted to authorize the client to control GPMDP. A message should pop up in GPMDP when gpmdp-cli has taken control.

Usage

usage: gpmdp-cli [-h] [--token-file TOKEN_FILE]
                 [--socket-server SOCKET_SERVER]
                 commands

Google Play Desktop Music Player CLI client

positional arguments:
  commands              API commands that will be sent to the socket server

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --token-file TOKEN_FILE
                        Path to token file
  --socket-server SOCKET_SERVER
                        URL to socket server

Examples

Here are some examples of commands

Toggle Play/Pause

./gpmdp-cli.py playback playPause

Play Next Song

./gpmdp-cli.py playback forward

Play Previous Song

./gpmdp-cli.py playback rewind

Play Song From Start

./gpmdp-cli.py playback setCurrentTime 0

Toggle Thumps Up Rating On Current Song

./gpmdp-cli.py rating toggleThumbsUp

Increase The Volume By 5

./gpmdp-cli.py volume increaseVolume 5

Check If A Song Is Playing

./gpmdp-cli.py playback isPlaying
True

Get The Rating Of The Current Song

./gpmdp-cli.py rating getRating
0

Further documentation of the API can be found Here

Author

• Glitch [email protected]