i3block for spotify

i3block_spotify

#!/usr/bin/python3

import dbus
import os
import sys

STATUS_TO_ICON = {
    'Playing': '',
    'Paused': '',
    'Stopped': '',
}


BUS_NAME = 'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify'
OBJECT_PATH = '/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2'
PLAYER_INTERFACE = 'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player'
PROPERTIES_INTERFACE = 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties'

try:
    bus = dbus.SessionBus()
    spotify = bus.get_object(BUS_NAME, OBJECT_PATH)


    if os.environ.get('BLOCK_BUTTON'):
        control_iface = dbus.Interface(spotify, PLAYER_INTERFACE)
        if (os.environ['BLOCK_BUTTON'] == '1'):
            control_iface.Previous()
        elif (os.environ['BLOCK_BUTTON'] == '2'):
            control_iface.PlayPause()
        elif (os.environ['BLOCK_BUTTON'] == '3'):
            control_iface.Next()

    spotify_iface = dbus.Interface(spotify, PROPERTIES_INTERFACE)
    props = spotify_iface.Get(PLAYER_INTERFACE, 'Metadata')
    status = spotify_iface.Get( PLAYER_INTERFACE, 'PlaybackStatus')
    status_icon = STATUS_TO_ICON.get(status, '?')


    if (sys.version_info > (3, 0)):
        print("[ " + status_icon + " ] "  + str(props['xesam:artist'][0]) + " - " + str(props['xesam:title']) )
    else:
        print(props['xesam:artist'][0] + " - " + props['xesam:title']).encode('utf-8')
    exit
#except dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
except dbus.DBusException as ex:
    print (ex)
    exit