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# ncspot
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[](https://travis-ci.com/hrkfdn/ncspot)
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ncurses Spotify client written in Rust using librespot. It is heavily inspired
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by ncurses MPD clients, such as ncmpc. My motivation was to provide a simple
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and resource friendly alternative to the official client as well as to support
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platforms that currently don't have a Spotify client, such as the *BSDs.
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[](/screenshots/screenshot.png?raw=true)
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**NOTE**: ncspot is still in a very early development stage. Things will break
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and change. The feature set is still very limited. Also, as this is my first
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contact with Rust, some design decisions may need to be reworked in the
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future. Contributions welcome, but please be kind ;)
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## Requirements
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* Rust
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* `libpulse-dev` (or `portaudio-dev`, if you want to use the PortAudio backend)
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* `libncurses-dev` and `libssl-dev`
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* A Spotify premium account
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* pkg-config
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## Usage
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* Set your login credentials (see configuration)
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* Build using `cargo build --release`
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* The initial screen is the debug log. Press `F1` for the queue and `F2` to
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search for a track. More key bindings are described below.
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* For debugging, pass a debug log filename, e.g. `ncspot -d debug.log`
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### Key Bindings
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These keybindings are hardcoded for now. In the future it may be desirable to
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have them configurable.
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* Navigate through the screens using the F-keys:
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* `F1`: Queue
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* `F2`: Search
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* `F3`: Playlists
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* `d` deletes the currently selected track
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* `c` clears the entire playlist
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* Tracks and playlists can be played using `Return` and queued using `Space`
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* `Shift-p` toggles playback of a track
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* `Shift-s` stops a track
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* `Shift-r` updates the playlist cache
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* `<` and `>` play the previous or next track, respectively
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* `q` quits ncspot
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You can also open a Vim style commandprompt using `:`, the following commands
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are supported:
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* `quit`: Quit ncspot
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* `toggle`: Toggle playback
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* `stop`: Stop playback
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* `previous`/`next`: Play previous/next track
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* `clear`: Clear playlist
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The screens can be opened with `queue`, `search`, `playlists` and `log`, whereas
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`search` can be supplied with a search term that will be entered after opening
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the search view.
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## Configuration
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For now, a configuration file containing Spotify login data needs to be created
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manually, until a login-screen is implemented
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(https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot/issues/1).
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The file needs to look like this:
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```
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username = "spotify_user"
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password = "spotify_password"
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```
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Please save it to `~/.config/ncspot`.
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### Theming
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The color palette can be modified in the configuration. For instance, to have
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ncspot match Spotify's official client, you can add the following entries to the
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configuration file:
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```
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[theme]
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background = "black"
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primary = "light white"
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secondary = "light black"
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title = "green"
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playing = "green"
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playing_bg = "black"
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highlight = "light white"
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highlight_bg = "#484848"
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error = "light white"
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error_bg = "red"
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statusbar = "black"
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statusbar_progress = "green"
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statusbar_bg = "green"
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cmdline = "light white"
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cmdline_bg = "black"
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```
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More examples can be found in pull request
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https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot/pull/40.
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## Audio backends
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By default ncspot is built using the PulseAudio backend.
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To make it use the PortAudio backend (e.g. for macOS, *BSD, ..),
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you need to recompile ncspot with the `portaudio_backend` feature:
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* `cargo run --no-default-features --features portaudio_backend`
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