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-# The MIT License (MIT)
-
-# Copyright(c) 2022 Ben Hunt
-
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-# of this software and associated documentation files(the "Software"), to deal
-# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and / or sell
-# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-# SOFTWARE.
-
-from subprocess import CompletedProcess, run
-from typing import List
-
-from libqtile.group import _Group
-from libqtile.config import Screen
-
-from libqtile.widget import base
-from libqtile.log_utils import logger
-
-SPOTIFY = "Spotify"
-
-
-class Spotify(base.ThreadPoolText):
-    """
-    A widget to interact with spotify via dbus.
-    """
-
-    defaults = [
-        ("play_icon", "", "icon to display when playing music"),
-        ("pause_icon", "", "icon to display when music paused"),
-        ("update_interval", 0.5, "polling rate in seconds"),
-        ("format", "{icon} {artist}:{album} - {track}", "Spotify display format"),
-    ]
-
-    def __init__(self, **config) -> None:
-        # init base class
-        super().__init__(text="", **config)
-        self.add_defaults(Spotify.defaults)
-        self.add_callbacks(
-            {
-                "Button1": self.toggle_music,
-            }
-        )
-
-    def _is_proc_running(self, proc_name: str) -> bool:
-        # create regex pattern to search for to avoid similar named processes
-        pattern = f"{proc_name}$"
-        # pgrep will return a string of pids for matching processes
-        cmd = ["pgrep", "-fli", pattern]
-        proc_out = run(cmd, capture_output=True).stdout.decode(
-            "utf-8"
-        )
-
-        return proc_out != ""
-
-    def toggle_between_groups(self) -> None:
-        """
-        remember which group you were on before you switched to spotify
-        so you can toggle between the 2 groups
-        """
-        current_screen: Screen = self.qtile.current_screen
-        current_group_info = self.qtile.current_group.info()
-        logger.warning(f"current group info: {current_group_info}")
-        windows = current_group_info["windows"]
-        if SPOTIFY in windows:
-            # go to previous group
-            logger.warning("going to previous group")
-            current_screen.group.get_previous_group().toscreen()
-            logger.warning("went to previous group")
-        else:
-            self.go_to_spotify()
-
-    def go_to_spotify(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Switch to whichever group has the current spotify instance
-        if none exists then we will spawn an instance on the current group
-        """
-        # spawn spotify if not already running
-        if not self._is_proc_running("spotify"):
-            self.qtile.spawn("spotify", shell=True)
-            return
-
-        all_groups: List[_Group] = self.qtile.groups
-        # we need to find the group that has spotify in it
-        for group in all_groups:
-            info = group.info()
-            # get a list of windows for the group.  We look for 'Spotify here'
-            windows = info["windows"]
-            if SPOTIFY in windows:
-                name = group.name
-                # switch to 'name' group
-                spotify_group = self.qtile.groups_map[name]
-                spotify_group.toscreen()
-                break
-
-    def poll(self) -> str: # type: ignore
-        """Poll content for the text box"""
-        vars = {
-            "icon": self.pause_icon if self.playing else self.play_icon,
-            "artist": self.artist,
-            "track": self.song_title,
-            "album": self.album,
-        }
-
-        return self.format.format(**vars) # type: ignore
-
-    def toggle_music(self) -> None:
-        cmd = """
-        dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify \
-        /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause
-        """
-        run(cmd, shell=True)
-
-
-    def get_proc_output(self, proc: CompletedProcess) -> str:
-        stdout = proc.stdout.decode("utf-8")
-        no_spotify = "Error" in stdout
-        return (
-            ""
-            if no_spotify
-            else stdout.rstrip()
-        )
-
-
-    @property
-    def _meta(self) -> str:
-        cmd = """dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify \
-            /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 \
-            org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get \
-            string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' \
-            string:'Metadata'
-        """
-        proc = run( cmd, shell=True, capture_output=True)
-
-        output: str = proc.stdout.decode("utf-8").replace("'", "ʼ").rstrip()
-        return "" if ("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify" in output) else output
-
-    @property
-    def artist(self) -> str:
-        cmd ="""
-        dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify \
-        /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 \
-        org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' \
-        string:'Metadata' | grep -m1 'xesam:artist' -b2 | tail -n 1 | grep -o '\".*\"' | \
-        sed 's/\"//g' | sed -e 's/&/and/g'
-        """
-        proc: CompletedProcess = run(cmd,
-            shell=True,
-            capture_output=True,
-        )
-
-        return self.get_proc_output(proc)
-
-    @property
-    def song_title(self) -> str:
-        cmd = f"""
-        echo '{self._meta}' | grep -m1 'xesam:title' -b1 | tail -n1 | grep -o '\".*\"' | \
-        sed 's/\"//g' | sed -e 's/&/and/g'
-        """
-        proc: CompletedProcess = run(cmd,
-            shell=True,
-            capture_output=True
-        )
-
-        return self.get_proc_output(proc)
-
-    @property
-    def album(self) -> str:
-        cmd =  f"""
-        echo '{self._meta}' | grep -m1 'xesam:album' -b1 | tail -n1 | grep -o '\".*\"' | \
-        sed 's/\"//g' | sed -e 's/&/and/g'
-        """
-        proc = run(cmd,
-            shell=True,
-            capture_output=True,
-        )
-
-        return self.get_proc_output(proc)
-
-    @property
-    def playing(self) -> bool:
-        cmd = """
-        dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify \
-        /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get \
-        string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'PlaybackStatus' | grep -o Playing
-        """
-        play = run(cmd,
-            shell=True,
-            capture_output=True,
-        ).stdout.decode("utf-8")
-
-        return play != ""