Quick n' dirty HTTP API to play/pause and cue a playlist on iTunes in MacOS.

itunes_http_api.py

import os

from flask import Flask, request

app = Flask(__name__)


def osascript_multiline_compress(script):
    script = ["-e '{line}'".format(line=line) for line in script.split('\n')]
    return 'osascript ' + ' '.join(script)


def osascript(script):
    os.system(osascript_multiline_compress(script))


@app.route('/play')
def itunes_play():
    osascript("""tell app "iTunes" to play""")
    return 'ok'


@app.route('/pause')
def itunes_pause():
    osascript("""tell app "iTunes" to pause""")
    return 'ok'


@app.route('/playlist')
def itunes_playlist():
    playlist = request.args.get('name', 'My Top Rated')
    command = """tell app "iTunes" to play playlist "{}" """.format(playlist)
    print(command)
    osascript(command)
    return 'ok'


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run('0.0.0.0', 5000)