This is a Python application that fetches the currently playing track from either Apple Music or Spotify and sets it as your status on Mattermost or GitLab.

Features

Fetches current playing track from Apple Music or Spotify
Sets the track as your status on Mattermost
Using Appscript and Osascript for Music Track Information on MacOS

Dependencies

MacOS
Python 3

Sources

Apple Music
Spotify
Random - generate random status with emoji icon

Destionations

Mattermost
GitLab

Environment Variables

SOURCE - This variable determines which music service the application will fetch the currently playing track from. It can be set to autodetect to automatically detect the running music application. DESTINATION - This variable determines the destination of the status update.

MATTERMOST_SERVER_URL - variable represents the URL of the Mattermost server.

MATTERMOST_ACCESS_TOKEN - the access token for the Mattermost API, which is obtained by generating a personal access token from the Mattermost user settings and is used to authenticate and authorize API requests to the Mattermost server.

GITLAB_SERVER_URL - the URL of the Mattermost server. GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN - the access token for the GitLab API

How to Run

Clone the repository
Install the dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt
Set Mattermost token and host in .env
Set the SOURCE environment variable to your preferred music service
Set the DESTINATION environment variable
Run the application with python main.py

Note

The application runs in an infinite loop, constantly checking for changes in the currently playing track and updating your Mattermost status accordingly.