Vim Spotify Search

A plugin to allow you to search and play tracks from spotify right inside Vim.

Tutorial

Make sure you have spotify running externally, then in Vim:

:Spotify yeezus

Yields a new window with the search results

Track                                                 Artist                            Album
Black Skinhead                                        Kanye West                        Yeezus
Bound 2                                               Kanye West                        Yeezus
Blood On The Leaves                                   Kanye West                        Yeezus
New Slaves                                            Kanye West                        Yeezus
Send It Up                                            Kanye West                        Yeezus
Hold My Liquor                                        Kanye West                        Yeezus
I Am A God                                            Kanye West                        Yeezus
I'm In It                                             Kanye West                        Yeezus
On Sight                                              Kanye West                        Yeezus
Guilt Trip                                            Kanye West                        Yeezus

Just hit enter to have the song played by spotify. If you want, you can even hit enter on the artists (for a list of their albums) and albums (for a list of all the songs in that album).

Region Configuration

To filter the results appropriate to your region add the line below to your .vimrc with the correct country code.

let g:spotify_country_code = 'GB'

PlayPause, Next, Prev Keys

For linux operating systems with dbus, you can map specific keys to play/pause, next and previous.

let g:spotify_prev_key = "<F9>"
let g:spotify_playpause_key = "<F10>"
let g:spotify_next_key = "<F11>"

These mappings will only work inside the spotify list buffer.

Installation

Checking if your installation of vim is compatible

This plugin isn't compatible with installations of vim on versions below 7.4.

To check your version of vim run:

vim --version

If your installation isn't compatible then you need to update your version

Installing the plugin

I recommend installing using Vundle:

Add Bundle 'takac/vim-spotifysearch' to your ~/.vimrc and then:

• either within Vim: :BundleInstall
• or in your shell: vim +BundleInstall +qall

Other Installation Methods

• Pathogen
  • git clone https://github.com/takac/vim-spotifysearch ~/.vim/bundle/vim-spotifysearch
• Neobundle
  • NeoBundle 'takac/vim-spotifysearch'
• Manual
  • Copy the files into your ~/.vim directory

Installing 'spotipy'

In order for this plugin to work, you will need to install 'spotipy'.

Please visit spotipy's readme on their repo for instructions on installing it