lastfm cover (requires feh and a last.fm API key)

lastfm_cover.py

from mpd import MPDClient
from requests import get
from json import loads
import subprocess

client = MPDClient(use_unicode=True)
client.connect("localhost", 6600)
p = False
SIZE = 3 # small: 0; medium: 1; large: 2; extralarge: 3; mega: 4;

def get_cover():
    song = client.currentsong()
    l = loads(get('http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/', {
        'format': 'json',
        'method': 'album.getInfo',
        'album': song["album"],
        'artist': song["artist"],
        'api_key': 'API_KEY'
    }).text)
    cover = l["album"]["image"][SIZE]["#text"]
    return cover

c = get_cover()
p = subprocess.Popen("feh " + c, shell=True)

while True:
    if client.idle('player'):
        if p:
            p.kill()
        c = get_cover()
        p = subprocess.Popen("feh " + c, shell=True)