itunes

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Controls for iTunes music player
API Overview
Constants - Useful values which cannot be changed
​state_paused​
​state_playing​
​state_stopped​
Functions - API calls offered directly by the extension
​displayCurrentTrack​
​ff​
​getCurrentAlbum​
​getCurrentArtist​
​getCurrentTrack​
​getDuration​
​getPlaybackState​
​getPosition​
​getVolume​
​isPlaying​
​isRunning​
​next​
​pause​
​play​
​playpause​
​previous​
​rw​
​setPosition​
​setVolume​
​volumeDown​
​volumeUp​
API Documentation
Constants
​state_paused​
Signature
hs.itunes.state_paused
Type
Constant
Description
Returned by hs.itunes.getPlaybackState() to indicates iTunes is paused
​state_playing​
Signature
hs.itunes.state_playing
Type
Constant
Description
Returned by hs.itunes.getPlaybackState() to indicates iTunes is playing
​state_stopped​
Signature
hs.itunes.state_stopped
Type
Constant
Description
Returned by hs.itunes.getPlaybackState() to indicates iTunes is stopped
Functions
​displayCurrentTrack​
Signature
hs.itunes.displayCurrentTrack()
Type
Function
Description
Displays information for current track on screen
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​ff​
Signature
hs.itunes.ff()
Type
Function
Description
Skips the current playback forwards by 5 seconds
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​getCurrentAlbum​
Signature
hs.itunes.getCurrentAlbum() -> string or nil
Type
Function
Description
Gets the name of the current Album
Parameters
None
Returns
A string containing the Album of the current track, or nil if an error occurred
​getCurrentArtist​
Signature
hs.itunes.getCurrentArtist() -> string or nil
Type
Function
Description
Gets the name of the current Artist
Parameters
None
Returns
A string containing the Artist of the current track, or nil if an error occurred
​getCurrentTrack​
Signature
hs.itunes.getCurrentTrack() -> string or nil
Type
Function
Description
Gets the name of the current track
Parameters
None
Returns
A string containing the name of the current track, or nil if an error occurred
​getDuration​
Signature
hs.itunes.getDuration()
Type
Function
Description
Gets the duration (in seconds) of the current song
Parameters
None
Returns
The number of seconds long the current song is, 0 if no song is playing
​getPlaybackState​
Signature
hs.itunes.getPlaybackState()
Type
Function
Description
Gets the current playback state of iTunes
Parameters
None
Returns
A string containing one of the following constants:
hs.itunes.state_stopped
hs.itunes.state_paused
hs.itunes.state_playing
​getPosition​
Signature
hs.itunes.getPosition()
Type
Function
Description
Gets the playback position (in seconds) of the current song
Parameters
None
Returns
A number indicating the current position in the song
​getVolume​
Signature
hs.itunes.getVolume()
Type
Function
Description
Gets the current iTunes volume setting
Parameters
None
Returns
A number, between 1 and 100, containing the current iTunes playback volume
​isPlaying​
Signature
hs.itunes.isPlaying()
Type
Function
Description
Returns whether iTunes is currently playing
Parameters
None
Returns
A boolean value indicating whether iTunes is currently playing a track, or nil if an error occurred (unknown player state). Also returns false if the application is not running
​isRunning​
Signature
hs.itunes.isRunning()
Type
Function
Description
Returns whether iTunes is currently open. Most other functions in hs.itunes will automatically start the application, so this function can be used to guard against that.
Parameters
None
Returns
A boolean value indicating whether the iTunes application is running.
​next​
Signature
hs.itunes.next()
Type
Function
Description
Skips to the next itunes track
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​pause​
Signature
hs.itunes.pause()
Type
Function
Description
Pauses the current iTunes track
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​play​
Signature
hs.itunes.play()
Type
Function
Description
Plays the current iTunes track
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​playpause​
Signature
hs.itunes.playpause()
Type
Function
Description
Toggles play/pause of current iTunes track
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​previous​
Signature
hs.itunes.previous()
Type
Function
Description
Skips to previous itunes track
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​rw​
Signature
hs.itunes.rw()
Type
Function
Description
Skips the current playback backwards by 5 seconds
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​setPosition​
Signature
hs.itunes.setPosition(pos)
Type
Function
Description
Sets the playback position of the current song
Parameters
pos - A number indicating the playback position (in seconds) to skip to
Returns
None
​setVolume​
Signature
hs.itunes.setVolume(vol)
Type
Function
Description
Sets the iTunes playback volume
Parameters
vol - A number, between 1 and 100
Returns
None
​volumeDown​
Signature
hs.itunes.volumeDown()
Type
Function
Description
Decreases the iTunes playback volume by 5
Parameters
None
Returns
None
​volumeUp​
Signature
hs.itunes.volumeUp()
Type
Function
Description
Increases the iTunes playback volume by 5
Parameters
None
Returns
None

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Contents

API Overview

API Documentation

Constants

​state_paused​

​state_playing​

​state_stopped​

Functions

​displayCurrentTrack​

​ff​

​getCurrentAlbum​

​getCurrentArtist​

​getCurrentTrack​

​getDuration​

​getPlaybackState​

​getPosition​

​getVolume​

​isPlaying​

​isRunning​

​next​

​pause​

​play​

​playpause​

​previous​

​rw​

​setPosition​

​setVolume​

​volumeDown​

​volumeUp​

state_paused

state_playing

state_stopped

displayCurrentTrack

ff

getCurrentAlbum

getCurrentArtist

getCurrentTrack

getDuration

getPlaybackState

getPosition

getVolume

isPlaying

isRunning

next

pause

play

playpause

previous

rw

setPosition

setVolume

volumeDown

volumeUp