#+TITLE: Print currently playing MPD's song metadata and status as JSON
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* Installation
Packages are available:
- [[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mpd-current-json][in the AUR]]
- in Hackage:
: cabal install mpd-current-json
or compile it from source:
#+begin_example
git clone https://codeberg.org/useless-utils/mpd-current-json
cd mpd-current-json
#+end_example
to install the executable to =./dist=, in the current directory:
: cabal install --install-method=copy --overwrite-policy=always --installdir=dist
or to install to =${CABAL_DIR}/bin= remove the =--installdir=dist=
argument. =CABAL_DIR= defaults to =~/.local/share/cabal=.
* Usage
- Get values
: mpd-current-json | jaq .tags.album
: mpd-current-json | jaq .status.elapsed_percent
- Provide host and port with
: mpd-current-json -h 'localhost' -p 4321
- Provide password
: mpd-current-json --password 'abc123'
note that the password will be sent as plain text.
Run =mpd-current-json --help= for all the available options.