Seek a Spotify track from the command-line

spotifyseek.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
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# Copyright (C) 2019 Erlend Ekern <[email protected]>
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# Distributed under terms of the MIT license.

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# A script for seeking a currently playing Spotify track using the command-line
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# The x-and y-coordinates need to be adjusted according to your screen resolution
# The default values work for a 1920x1080px screen

# Corresponds to the y-coordinate of the Spotify seekbar
y=1060

# Set x-coordinate for different seeking positions
if [ $1 = "left" ]; then
  x=740
elif [ $1 = "middle" ]; then
  x=960
elif [ $1 = "right" ]; then
  x=1180
else
  echo "Usage: $0 left|middle|right"
  exit 1
fi

# Get id of current window
current_window_id="$(xdotool getactivewindow)"

# Search for Spotify window
target_window_id="$(wmctrl -l -x | grep spotify\.Spotify | head -1 | sed -r 's/^(\w+)\s*.*$/\1/g')"
if [ -z "$target_window_id" ]; then
  echo "$0: Could not find Spotify window"
  exit 1
fi

# Make the Spotify window fullscreen
xdotool windowsize "$target_window_id" 100% 100%
# Focus the Spotify window, click the seekbar and restore previous mouse position
xdotool windowactivate --sync "$target_window_id" mousemove "$x" "$y" click 1 mousemove restore
# Restore focus to the previous window
xdotool windowactivate "$current_window_id"