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I wrote my own script based on Alexa Remote Control to display the current music title played by my Echo device on my website. Check my updated version here
The script will create a php file, add this as iframe whereever you want your music to be shown
<iframe id="frame1" src="audio.php" width="650" height="100"></iframe>
The script will execute the the “Alexa Remote Control” with “-q / query queue” to get the current tracks, then cuts out the playing song with all its info and albumcover to pipe it into the php file.
#!/bin/bash TMPFILE=/tmp/audio.txt WEBFILE=/var/www/mysite/audio.php /alexa-remote-control/alexa_remote_control.sh -q > $TMPFILE #OFFLINE=`grep -m1 'message' $TMPFILE | cut -d '"' -f 3 | cut -d ' ' -f 2` OFFLINE=`grep -m1 'message' $TMPFILE | awk 'BEGIN{FS=" "}{gsub(",",""); print $2}'` STATE=`grep -m1 'state' $TMPFILE | cut -d '"' -f 4` STATENULL=`grep -m1 'state' /tmp/audio.txt | awk 'BEGIN{FS=" "}{gsub(",",""); print $2}'` ARTIST=`grep -m1 'subText1' $TMPFILE | cut -d '"' -f 4` TITLE=`grep -m1 'title' $TMPFILE | cut -d '"' -f 4` ALBUM=`grep -m1 'subText2' $TMPFILE | cut -d '"' -f 4` IMG=`grep -m1 'url' $TMPFILE | cut -d '"' -f 4` echo "" > $WEBFILE if [ "$OFFLINE" != "null" ] && [ "$STATENULL" != "null" ]; then echo "<table style='width:100%'><col style='width:90%'><col style='width:10%'><tr><td>" >> $WEBFILE echo "State: $STATE </br>" >> $WEBFILE echo "Artist: $ARTIST </br>" >> $WEBFILE echo "Title: $TITLE </br>" >> $WEBFILE echo "Album: $ALBUM" >> $WEBFILE echo "</td><td>" >> $WEBFILE echo "<img src='$IMG' alt='albumcover' style='width:64px;height:64px;'>" >> $WEBFILE echo "</td></tr></table>" >> $WEBFILE else echo "Iam not listening to music right now..." >> $WEBFILE fi
The bashscript can be automated via crontab (example runs every 2 minutes).
*/2 * * * * /alexa-remote-control/copyTrack.sh >/dev/null 2>&1