Spotify blacklist script.

blacklist.scpt

repeat
	if application "Spotify" is running then
		tell application "Spotify"
			set seenTrack to ""
			repeat while player state is playing
				if player state is playing then
					set theAlbum to album of the current track
					set theTrack to name of the current track
					set theArtist to artist of the current track
					set trackLength to duration of current track
					set currentPos to player position as integer
				end if
				try
					if theTrack & " - " & theArtist is not seenTrack then
						set seenTrack to theTrack & " - " & theArtist
						my logit(seenTrack, "TestDrive")
						set stringContainsName to false
						set tString to "This text contains the names John, George, and Bob."
						set tNames to paragraphs of (read POSIX file "/Users/shannon/.SpotifyBlacklist")
						repeat with aName in tNames
							if contents of aName is not "" then
								if aName is in theArtist then
									set stringContainsName to true
									exit repeat
								end if
							end if
						end repeat
						if stringContainsName then
							tell application "Spotify" to next track
						end if
					end if
				on error e number n
					my logit("oh hai: " & e, "TestDrive")
				end try
				delay 0.5
			end repeat
		end tell
	end if
	delay 30
end repeat

to logit(log_string, log_file)
	do shell script ¬
		"echo `date '+%Y-%m-%d %T: '`\"" & log_string & ¬
		"\" >> /tmp/" & log_file & ".log"
end logit