clementine scrobbler

so i made this python script that reads the song playing on clementine and scrobbles it to my custom scrobbling software hosted at antisocial.moe. it might be overkill, but it works for me.

requirements

• linux (because dbus and clementine and stuff)
• python 3.x
• clementine music player
• dbus-python
• Pillow (for image processing)
• requests (for http requests)

installation

install the required python packages:

pip install dbus-python Pillow requests

make sure you have clementine installed and running.

environment variables

set the following environment variables:

• IMAGE_SERVER: the url of your image server (for album covers)
• IMAGE_SERVER_AUTH: your bearer token for the image server

export them in your shell or add to your .bashrc:

export IMAGE_SERVER="https://.../wp-json/image-scrobble/v1"
export IMAGE_SERVER_AUTH="your_auth_token"

usage

just run the script:

python clementine_scrobbler.py

it connects to clementine via dbus, reads the currently playing song, uploads the album art to your image server, and sends the scrobble data.

notes

• only works on linux. sorry windows and mac users.
• if clementine isn't running, it'll try to reconnect every 15 seconds.
• this script is tailored for my setup, but you can tweak it for yours.

dbus

you might need to set the following env variable while running it.

DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus

on my linux desktop, 1000 is my current uid (id -u)

example

here's how it looks when running:

$ python clementine_scrobbler.py
Initializing.
Connected to Clementine.
Reading data from Clementine.
Updated status to: some album - some song by some artist
Successfully sent scrobble data to the server.

disclaimer

i made this for myself, but feel free to use or modify it. no promises that it'll work for you.