Global

Methods

getCurrentTrack() → {object}

Get informations about the current playing track

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Returns:
Type:
object
Example
{"name":"Business",
  "artist":"Eminem",
  "album":"The Eminem Show (Explicit Version)",
  "mediaKind":"song",
  "duration":251,
  "elapsedTime":2,
  "remainingTime":249,
  "genre":"Rap/Hip Hop",
  "releaseYear":2002,
  "id":2630,
  "playerState":"playing"}

getPlayerState() → {string}

Get the player state

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Returns:
Type:
string
  • Possible values: playing, stopped or paused
Example
"playing"

getPlaylistCount() → {int}

Gets the playlist count from the library

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Returns:
Type:
int

getTrack(id) → {object}

Gets informations about a track from the library

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
id int

The id of the track
Returns:
Type:
object
Example
{ 'Track ID': 1428,
     Size: 9019045,
     'Total Time': 217103,
     'Disc Number': 1,
     'Disc Count': 1,
     'Track Number': 14,
     'Track Count': 16,
     Year: 2011,
     BPM: 99,
     'Date Modified': 2018-03-18T22:37:46.000Z,
     'Date Added': 2018-03-24T14:03:15.000Z,
     'Bit Rate': 320,
     'Sample Rate': 44100,
     'Play Count': 3,
     'Play Date': 3604816264,
     'Play Date UTC': 2018-03-25T07:51:04.000Z,
     'Artwork Count': 1,
     'Persistent ID': '535F1580FAEB42E4',
     'Track Type': 'File',
     'File Folder Count': 5,
     'Library Folder Count': 1,
     Name: 'Ils sont cools',
     Artist: 'Orelsan, Gringe',
     'Album Artist': 'Orelsan',
     Album: 'Le chant des sirènes',
     Genre: 'Rap/Hip Hop',
     Kind: 'Fichier audio MPEG',
     'Sort Album': 'chant des sirènes',
     Location: 'file:///Users/steve/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/Music/Orelsan/Le%20chant%20des%20sire%CC%80nes/14%20Ils%20sont%20cools.mp3' }

getTrackCount() → {int}

Gets the track count from the library

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Returns:
Type:
int

isRunning() → {boolean}

Function to know if iTunes is running

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Returns:
Type:
boolean
  • true or false

pause()

Tells iTunes to pause

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play()

Tells iTunes to play

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soundVolume(volume) → {int}

Gets the iTunes sound volume or sets it if there's a parameter (Windows only)

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Parameters:
Name Type Description
volume int

Windows only
Returns:
Type:
int

stop()

Tells iTunes to stop

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