gmusic.js

Browser-side JS library for controlling Google Music.

This was built as part of google-music-webkit, a node-webkit wrapper around Google Music. It was forked from [email protected], developed and created by Sajid Anwar and James Fator to make it reusable and well tested.

It is now being maintained by the teams of GPMDP and Radiant Player

gmusic.js is not created by, affiliated with, or supported by Google Inc.

Breaking changes in 6.0.0

• playback.getPlaybackTime renamed to playback.getCurrentTime
• playback.setPlaybackTime renamed to playback.setCurrentTime
• playback.getSongInfo renamed to playback.getCurrentTrack
• extras.getSongURL renamed to extras.getTrackURL
• change:song renamed to change:track
• Track's now have an albumArt prop instead of art
• New method getTotalTime
• New method isPlaying
• ENUMS might have moved a bit due to new bindings

Breaking changes in 5.0.0

The method toggleRepeat() no longer accepts arguments and setRepeat(mode) has replaced its functionality.

Breaking changes in 3.0.0

On Thursday May 14, 2015 Google launched a Material redesign of the site. This broke a lot of selectors/functionality. In 3.0.0, we updated our integration to handle those changes. The developer-facing interface has not changed but the underlying system was a breaking change so we decided to make it a major release.

Getting Started

Install the module with: npm install gmusic.js

// Load and initialize GMusic
var GMusic = require('gmusic.js');
window.gmusic = new GMusic(window);

// Access volume
window.gmusic.volume.getVolume(); // 50 (ranges from 0 to 100)

Documentation

gmusic.js exposes a constructor, GMusic as its module.exports (window.GMusic for bower/vanilla).

new GMusic()

Constructor for a new Google Music API

Volume

gmusic.volume exposes interfaces to the volume controls of Google Music. Volume can range from 0 to 100 in steps of 5 (e.g. 10, 15, 20).

volume.getVolume()

Retrieve the current volume setting

Returns:

• retVal Number - Integer from 0 to 100 representing volume

volume.setVolume(vol)

Change the volume setting

• vol Number - Integer to set volume to

volume.increaseVolume(amount)

Raise the volume by an amount

• amount Number - Optional number to raise volume by
  • For example, if volume is 50 and amount is 5, then the volume will change to 55
  • If we exceed 100 when adding new values, volume will stop at 100
  • By default, this is 5

volume.decreaseVolume(amount)

Lower the volume by an amount

• amount Number - Optional number to lower volume by
  • For example, if volume is 50 and amount is 5, then the volume will change to 45
  • If we exceed 0 when subtracting new values, volume will stop at 0
  • By default, this is 5

Playback

gmusic.playback exposes interfaces to the state of music playback and its behavior (e.g. shuffle).

playback.getCurrentTime()

Retrieve the current progress in a track

Returns:

• retVal Number - Integer representing milliseconds from the start of the track

playback.setCurrentTime(milliseconds)

Jump the current track to a time

• milliseconds Number - Integer representing milliseconds to jump the current track to

playback.getTotalTime()

Retrieve the length of the current track

Returns:

• retVal Number - Integer representing the length of the track in milliseconds

playback.isPlaying()

Determine if a track is current playing

Returns:

• retVal Boolean - True if the a track is currently playing, else false

playback.getCurrentTrack()

Retrieve current track's metadata

Returns:

• retVal Track - Container for track info

playback.playPause()

Toggle between play and pause for the current track

This will not work if there are no tracks in the queue.

playback.getPlaybackState()

Returns:

• retVal Number - Current status of music playback (e.g. 0, 1, 2)
  • 0 - Playback is stopped
  • 1 - Track is paused
  • 2 - Track is playing
  • Values are available via GMusic.PlaybackStatus.STOPPED, GMusic.PlaybackStatus.PAUSED, and GMusic.PlaybackStatus.PLAYING

playback.forward()

Move to the next track

playback.rewind()

Move to the previous

playback.getShuffle()

Retrieve the status of shuffle

Returns:

• retVal String - Current state of shuffle (e.g. ALL_SHUFFLE, NO_SHUFFLE)
  • ALL_SHUFFLE will shuffle between all tracks
  • NO_SHUFFLE will play the tracks in the order they were added
  • We created constants named GMusic.ShuffleStatus.ALL_SHUFFLE or GMusic.ShuffleStatus.NO_SHUFFLE

playback.setShuffle(mode)

Set the shuffle mode

• mode String - Value to change shuffle to
  • Valid values are ALL_SHUFFLE and NO_SHUFFLE

playback.toggleShuffle()

Toggle to between shuffle being active or inactive

playback.getRepeat()

Retrieve the current setting for repeat

Returns:

• retVal String - Current setting for repeat (e.g. LIST_REPEAT, SINGLE_REPEAT, NO_REPEAT)
  • LIST_REPEAT will repeat the queue when it reaches the last track
  • SINGLE_REPEAT will repeat the current track indefinitely
  • NO_REPEAT will not repeat the queue
  • We created constants named GMusic.RepeatStatus.LIST_REPEAT, GMusic.RepeatStatus.SINGLE_REPEAT, GMusic.RepeatStatus.NO_REPEAT

playback.setRepeat(mode)

Change the current setting for repeat

• mode String - Value to change repeat to
  • Valid values are NO_REPEAT, LIST_REPEAT, SINGLE_REPEAT
    • See playback.getRepeat() for meaning

playback.toggleRepeat()

Toggle through the modes for repeat.

• The order is NO_REPEAT, LIST_REPEAT, SINGLE_REPEAT

playback.isPodcast()

Retrieve if the current track is a podcast.

• retVal Boolean - True indicates the current track is a podcast.

playback.forwardThirty() PODCASTS ONLY

Moves the current track position thirty seconds ahead.

playback.rewindTen() PODCASTS ONLY

Moves the current track position 10 seconds back.

playback.toggleVisualization()

Trigger a visualization for the track. This is typically album art.

This is an untested method.

Rating

gmusic.rating exposes interfaces to the rating the current track.

rating.getRating()

Retrieve the rating for the current track.

Returns:

• retVal String - Rating for current track. This varies from 0 to 5
  • If 0, then there has been no rating
  • On a thumbs system, thumbs down is 1 and thumbs up is 5

rating.toggleThumbsUp()

Switch between thumbs up and no thumbs up for the current track. If thumbs down was set, this will remove the thumbs down rating.

rating.toggleThumbsDown()

Switch between thumbs down and no thumbs down for the current track. If thumbs up was set, this will remove the thumbs up rating.

rating.setRating(rating)

Set the rating for the current track

• rating String - Rating to set for the current track. This should be between 1 and 5

rating.resetRating()

Removes existing rating from the current track

Extras

gmusic.extras is a collection of utility functions for Google Music

extras.getTrackURL()

Retrieve the URL of the current track for sharing

This is an untested method

Returns:

• retVal String - URL for current track

Hooks

Hooks are currently bound via .on and other corresponding methods for node's EventEmitter

gmusic.on('change:track', function (track) {
});

.on('change:track')

Triggers when a track changes

gmusic.on('change:track', function (track) {
});

• track Track - Same as return value of playback.getCurrentTrack()

.on('change:shuffle')

Triggers when shuffle is toggled

gmusic.on('change:shuffle', function (mode) {
});

• mode String - Mode that shuffle changed to
  • Values are consistent with playback.getShuffle()

.on('change:repeat')

Triggers when repeat is toggled

gmusic.on('change:repeat', function (mode) {
});

• mode String - Mode that repeat changed to
  • Values are consistent with playback.getRepeat()

.on('change:playback')

Triggers when a track is started, paused, or stopped

gmusic.on('change:playback', function (mode) {
});

• mode String - Same as return value of playback.getPlaybackState()

.on('change:playback-time')

Triggers when playback shifts

gmusic.on('change:playback-time', function (playbackInfo) {
});

• playbackInfo Object - Container for playback info
  • current Number - Milliseconds of how far a track has progressed
  • total Number - Milliseconds of how long a track is

.on('change:rating')

Triggers when the current track is rated

gmusic.on('change:rating', function (rating) {
});

• rating Number - Rating the current track changed to
  • Consistent with values provided by rating.getRating()

.on('change:podcast')

Triggers when switching between listening to music and podcasts

gmusic.on('change:podcast', function (isPodcast) {
});

• isPodcast Boolean - Whether a podcast is currently being played
  • Consistent with values provided by playback.isPodcast()

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint via npm run lint and test via npm test.

Testing

Currently, we require a personal Google account exclusively for testing. We will be rating tracks, changing repeat settings, and need predictable track titles. We are using the following tracks (at least 3 required):

Credentials: [email protected] / password

https://musopen.org/music/1333/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/the-marriage-of-figaro-k-492/

Music cannot be uploaded via webdriver instance nor incognito window

If you don't want to contaminate your personal account, create a new user profile in Chrome.

For exactly one track, set the following via "Edit Info" in Google Music:

Name:
this-is-a-name

Artist:
this-is-an-artist

Album Artist:
this-is-an-album-artist

Album:
this-is-an-album

Composer:
this-is-a-composer

Genre:
this-is-a-genre

Year:
2000

Track #:
1 of 10

Disc #:
3 of 5

Explicit:
Unchecked

Once your Google account is registered and the music is uploaded, set the following environment variables

Once your Google account is registered and the music is uploaded, we are ready to run our test suite:

# Set up Google Music credentials as environment variables
export GOOGLE_MUSIC_JS_EMAIL="[email protected]"
export GOOGLE_MUSIC_JS_PASSWORD="your-google-account-password"
# If you are on Windows, use the following
# set GOOGLE_MUSIC_JS_EMAIL="[email protected]"
# set GOOGLE_MUSIC_JS_PASSWORD="your-google-account-password"

# Install Selenium server files
npm run webdriver-manager-update

# Start up a Selenium server
npm run webdriver-manager-start &

# Run our tests
npm test
# If you are on Windows, please use
# npm run test-windows

Attribution

We have an automatic build setup on Travis CI that will run every day to catch changes made by Google as quick as possible. These tests make use of BrowserStack's services to remotely run Selenium tests, huge thanks to BrowserStack for the support of Open Source projects like this one!

Nightlies

Nightly builds are triggered on Travis CI by a third party service service Nightli.es

Debugging

Finnicky tests can be debugged by a few methods

• Use describe.only and it.only to limit test suite to only run 1 at a time
• Use the following script to control

# Enter into the node REPL
node

// Prevent node from exiting via anything but an interrupt
process.exit = function () {};

// Emulate mocha being invoked normally
process.argv = ['node', '_mocha', '--timeout', '10000'];
require('mocha/bin/_mocha');

// Our test suite has written `global.browser` as the last Selenium session
global.browser;
browser;

License

All files were originally licensed at 5ccfa7b3c7bc5231284f8e42c6a2f2e7fe1e1532 under the MIT license. This can be viewed its LICENSE.md. It has been renamed to LICENSE-MIT for ease of disambiguity.

After this commit, all alterations made by Todd Wolfson and future contributors are released to the Public Domain under the UNLICENSE.