There are many better projects out there.
But this is one I am working on to play with Node CLI and to use personally for the control of my own Sonos speakers.
roomName
config file ~/.sonos.json
~/.sonos.json
to setup which roomName
you want to use~/bin/
symlinkroomName:*
all vs. configured roomName
roomName:first
"get first" vs. configured roomName
A big thanks to the Sonos API implementation Lib I'm using:
https://github.com/bencevans/node-sonos
$ npm install sonos-simple-cli -g
If you want to use Alfred Workflow - it has path problems which I'm currently solving with an explicit symlink (something more elegant coming)
cd ~
mkdir bin
cd bin
ln -s $(which sonos-simple-cli) sonos-simple-cli
if for some reason, you want to develop on this and play with it, here's a guide which shuld get you setup and functional pretty easily.
cd ~
mkdir bin
git clone https://github.com/zeroasterisk/sonos-simple-cli.git sonos-simple-cli-repo
ln -s sonos-simple-cli-repo/sonos.js sonos-simple-cli
cd sonos-simple-cli-repo
npm install
You must specify a roomName
for this to work.
The theory being that you could use control different roomName
"groups" in
isolation. It's also useful to only pause/play the music playing where you are
vs. the whole network.
All we need is the roomName
as a string:
echo '{"roomName": "My Controller Room Here"}' > ~/.sonos.json
eg: cat ~/.sonos.json
should look like {"roomName":"Living Room"}
$ node ~/bin/sonos.js help
-----------------------------
----- Sonos Simple CLI ------
-----------------------------
sonos-simple-cli playpause
sonos-simple-cli play
sonos-simple-cli pause
sonos-simple-cli next
sonos-simple-cli prev
sonos-simple-cli volup
sonos-simple-cli voldown
sonos-simple-cli mute
sonos-simple-cli unmute
sonos-simple-cli mutetoggle
sonos-simple-cli clearCache
-----------------------------
$ ~/bin/sonos-simple-cli playpause
> SONOS set to PAUSED
Beastie Boys "I Don't Know"
@ 58/180 sec
Install Alfred if not already installed.
To get the workflow, just double-click on sonos-simple-cli.alfredworkflow
and
install it.
You will recognise Alfred workflows by their .alfredworkflow file extension and their icon.
To install a workflow, simply double-click the workflow file on your Mac. Alfred will show you a preview of the name and description of the workflow as well as the details for the developer, if available. Click the "Import" button to add the workflow to the sidebar on the left.
http://support.alfredapp.com/workflows:installing/
here's how I created the Alfred Worflow
Alfred > Workflows
Click +
(bottom left) to add a new Workflow
Click +
(top right) to add an trigger > hotkey
Then choose your hotkey and save.
Click +
(top right) to add an action -> run script
select /bin/bash
at the top, then enter the following
source ~/.profile
/usr/local/bin/node ~/bin/sonos.js pauseplay
then click save.
Finally, drag a line between them.
Bonus Points, output when done
Add an output > notification
and setup as follows
then connect and you're all set