pywnp 2.0.1

A python library to communicate with the WebNowPlaying-Redux browser extension

PyWNP

A Python library to communicate with the WebNowPlaying-Redux browser extension.

Refer to this if you want to create or submit your own adapter.

Installing

Install via pip: pip install pywnp

Native APIs

Built-in support for Native APIs.

Usage

from pywnp import WNPRedux
import time

# Custom logger, type can be 'Error', 'Debug' or 'Warning'
def logger(type, message):
  print(f'{type}: {message}')

# Start WNP, providing a port, version number and a logger
WNPRedux.start(1234, '1.0.0', logger)

# Write the current title to the console and pause/unpause the video for 30 seconds
for i in range(30):
  print(WNPRedux.media_info.title)
  # You don't need to check for `supports_play_pause`, but it's good to know about.
  if WNPRedux.media_info.controls.supports_play_pause:
    WNPRedux.media_info.controls.try_toggle_play_pause()
  time.sleep(1)

# Stop WNP
WNPRedux.stop()

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WNPRedux.start(port, version, logger, listenAddress = '127.0.0.1')

Starts WNP if it isn't already started.
port should not be used by other adapters already, or interfere with any other programs.
version has to be 'x.x.x'.

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WNPRedux.is_started

Whether WNPRedux is started or not.

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WNPRedux.is_using_native_apis

Whether WNPRedux is pulling info from native APIs.
This is read-only, the actual value is set by the user.
It's toggled in the browser extensions settings panel.
Read more about it here.

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WNPRedux.log(type, message)

Calls the logger provided in WNPRedux.start()

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WNPRedux.stop()

Stops WNP if it's started.

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WNPRedux.clients

Number of clients currently connected.

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WNPRedux.media_info

Information about the currently active media.

Name	Default	Description
controls	''	Instance of MediaControls (Read below this table)
player_name	''	Current player, e.g. YouTube, Spotify, etc.
state	'STOPPED'	Current state of the player ('STOPPED', 'PLAYING', 'PAUSED')
title	''	Title
artist	''	Artist
album	''	Album
cover_url	''	URL to the cover image
duration	'0:00'	Duration in (hh):mm:ss (Hours are optional)
duration_seconds	0	Duration in seconds
position	'0:00'	Position in (hh):mm:ss (Hours are optional)
position_seconds	0	Position in seconds
position_percent	0.0	Position in percent
volume	100	Volume from 1-100
rating	0	Rating from 0-5; Thumbs Up = 5; Thumbs Down = 1; Unrated = 0;
repeat_mode	'NONE'	Current repeat mode ('NONE', 'ONE', 'ALL')
shuffle_active	False	If shuffle is enabled

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MediaControls

Used in WNPRedux.media_info.controls

Name	Description
supports_play_pause	If the current player supports play_pause
supports_skip_previous	If the current player supports skip_previous
supports_skip_next	If the current player supports skip_next
supports_set_position	If the current player supports set_position
supports_set_volume	If the current player supports set_volume
supports_toggle_repeat_mode	If the current player supports toggle_repeat_mode
supports_toggle_shuffle_active	If the current player supports toggle_shuffle_active
supports_set_rating	If the current player supports set_rating
rating_system	'NONE' or 'LIKE_DISLIKE' or 'LIKE' or 'SCALE' (SCALE is 0-5)
try_play()	Tries to play the current media
try_pause()	Tries to pause the current media
try_toggle_play_pause()	Tries to play/pause the current media
try_skip_previous()	Try to skip to the previous media/section
try_skip_next()	Try to skip to the next media/section
try_set_position_seconds(seconds)	Try to set the medias playback progress in seconds
try_revert_position_seconds(seconds)	Try to revert the medias playback progress by x seconds
try_forward_position_seconds(seconds)	Try to forward the medias playback progress by x seconds
try_set_position_percent(percent)	Try to set the medias playback progress in percent
try_revert_position_percent(percent)	Try to revert the medias playback progress by x percent
try_forward_position_percent(percent)	Try to forward the medias playback progress by x percent
try_set_volume(volume)	Try to set the medias volume from 1-100
try_toggle_repeat_mode()	Try to toggle through repeat modes
try_toggle_shuffle_active()	Try to toggle shuffle mode
try_set_rating(rating)	Sites with a binary rating system fall back to: 0 = None; 1 = Thumbs Down; 5 = Thumbs Up