jpmmv/src/player_interface.rs

use std::{process::Command, str};

pub struct SongMetadata
{
    pub name: String,
    pub artist: String,
    pub album: String,
}
impl SongMetadata
{
    pub fn new() -> SongMetadata
    {
        SongMetadata {
            name: "NONE".to_string(),
            artist: "NONE".to_string(),
            album: "NONE".to_string(),
        }
    }
}


const COM_START: &str = "playerctl --player=strawberry";

pub fn get_song_metadata() -> SongMetadata
{

    let command = format!("{} {}", COM_START, "metadata --format {{title}},{{artist}},{{album}}");

    let result = run_command(&command);

    let mut sm = SongMetadata::new();

    let split: Vec<&str> = result.split(',').collect();

    sm.name = split[0].to_string();
    sm.artist = split[1].to_string();
    sm.album = split[2].to_string();

    sm
}

pub fn next_track()
{
    let command = format!("{} {}", COM_START, "next");
    let _ = run_command(&command);
}


fn run_command(command: &str) -> String
{
    let output = Command::new("sh")
        .arg("-c")
        .arg(command)
        .output()
        .expect(&format!("Failed to run the command: {}", command));
    str::from_utf8(&output.stdout).expect("Failed to convert command result to utf8 string").to_string()

}