Script to print currently playing track from iTunes on MacOSX — I use this to tweet out my favorite songs. (works on Snow Leopard) Bonus script: youtube_current_song.py will give you a youtube search URL for current song - again useful when tweeting. It also prints exception to stdout, useful for debugging with automation tools like TextExpander.

current_song.py

import appscript

itunes = appscript.app('itunes')

if itunes.isrunning():
    track = itunes.current_track()
    status = "#music %s by %s" %(track.name(), track.artist())
    album = track.album()
    if album:
        status += " from %s" %(album)

print status

requirements.txt

appscript==1.0.1

youtube_current_song.py

import appscript
import urllib

itunes = appscript.app('itunes')

try:
    if itunes.isrunning():
        track = itunes.current_track()
        status = "www.youtube.com/results?"
        query = track.name() + " " + track.artist()
        status = status + urllib.urlencode({"search_query":query})
        print status,

except Exception, e:
        import traceback, sys
        traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)