Getting python-musicpd

The latest release of python-musicpd can be found at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-musicpd.

Getting the latest source code

If you would instead like to use the latest source code, you can grab a copy of the development version from git by running the command:

git clone git://git.kaliko.me/python-musicpd.git

Installing from source

To install python-musicpd from source, simply run the command:

python3 setup.py install

You can use the –help switch to setup.py for a complete list of commands and their options. See the Installing Python Modules document for more details.

Using the client library

The client library can be used as follows:

>>> client = mpd.MPDClient()           # create client object
>>> client.connect("localhost", 6600)  # connect to localhost:6600
>>> print client.mpd_version           # print the mpd version
>>> print client.cmd("one", 2)         # print result of the command "cmd one 2"
>>> client.close()                     # send the close command
>>> client.disconnect()                # disconnect from the server

A list of supported commands, their arguments (as MPD currently understands them), and the functions used to parse their responses can be found in doc/commands.txt. See the MPD protocol documentation for more details.

Command lists are also supported using command_list_ok_begin() and command_list_end()

>>> client.command_list_ok_begin()       # start a command list
>>> client.update()                      # insert the update command into the list
>>> client.status()                      # insert the status command into the list
>>> results = client.command_list_end()  # results will be a list with the results

Commands may also return iterators instead of lists if iterate is set to True:

>>> client.iterate = True
>>> for song in client.playlistinfo():
>>>     print song["file"]

Contacting authors

You can contact the original author by emailing J. Alexander Treuman <jat⊘spatialrift.net>. He can also be found idling in #mpd on irc.freenode.net as jat.

The current maintainer can be found on xmpp chat room <kaliko.me⊘conf.azylum.org> or you can contact him by email/xmpp <kaliko⊘azylum.org>.