Comments on: Controlling Spotify through Applescript & Quicksilver.

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By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:28:47 +0000

Updated Scripts Available here: http://www.jacktams.co.uk/2010/04/28/spotify-applescripts-version-0-4-3/

By: Jho

Jho — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:50:07 +0000

After the spotify update the menus have changed slightly and the currect menu bar item is now 6 (For Play/Pause : click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item 6 of menu bar 1)

By: Apple Mac and iPhone Apps for Spotify | Pansentient League - a Spotify Blog

Apple Mac and iPhone Apps for Spotify | Pansentient League - a Spotify Blog — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:57:05 +0000

[...] Spotify Controller using Applescript & Quicksilver – Jack Tams has put together a short tutorial on how to use Applescript and Quicksilver to trigger shortcuts to control Spotify. This is handy when use a different keyboard or dock you Macbook. [...]

By: Spotify Applescripts – Updated

Spotify Applescripts – Updated — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:39:59 +0000

[...] refresh is needed. Sometime ago a released several little Applescript helpers that let you control spotify through Quicksilver triggers. However they had a little tendency to make spotify the front and therefore active app when you [...]

By: Blind Rocket

Blind Rocket — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:59:29 +0000

I’ve written a tip how to search on Spotify with Quicksilver:
http://blindrocket.blogspot.com/2009/09/searching-spotify-with-quicksilver.html

By: Peck

Peck — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:15:17 +0000

Thanks for the script and all the additions. I combined tim’s and ivan’s script to make this which should be easier for newbies at applescript (like me!) to just copy and paste.

tell application “System Events”
set MyList to (name of every process)
end tell

tell application “System Events” to set appList to ¬
name of application processes whose frontmost is true

set activeApp to item 1 of appList

if (MyList contains “Spotify”) is true then
tell application “Spotify” to activate
tell application “System Events”
tell process “Spotify”
click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item 5 of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
tell application “System Events”
set visible of process “Spotify” to false
end tell
end if

tell application activeApp to activate

By: Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:06:12 +0000

Hi!
Very good scripts.
I have the same keys for iTunes and Spotify, so when I’m using iTunes, and I press F8 (forward), Spotify starts even if it wasn’t opened. That’s is very annoying, so I search for a simple applescript command.
If Spotify is opened, then go to the next song in Spotify.
That I have get it work with the following Script:

tell application “System Events”
set MyList to (name of every process)
end tell
if (MyList contains “Spotify”) is true then
tell application “Spotify” to activate
tell application “System Events”
tell process “Spotify”
click menu item 3 of menu 1 of menu bar item 5 of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell
end if

Is for forward, but can be right for the other scripts.

I hope this helps

By: Tim Jones

Tim Jones — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:20:44 +0000

Parker,

Try storing the name of the active application before activating spotify thus:

tell application “System Events” to set appList to ¬
name of application processes whose frontmost is true

set activeApp to item 1 of appList

tell application “Spotify” to activate
tell application “System Events”
tell process “Spotify”
click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item 5 of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell

tell application activeApp to activate

Regards,

Tim