google-music.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 radiant-player-mac@v1.3.1, developed and created by Sajid Anwar and James Fator to make it reusable and well tested.

google-music.js is not created by, affiliated with, or supported by Google Inc.

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

npm

Install the module with: npm install google-music

// Load and initialize GoogleMusic
var GoogleMusic = require('google-music');
window.googleMusic = new GoogleMusic(window);

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

bower

Install the module with: bower install google-music

Once installed, add it to your HTML and access it via window.GoogleMusic.

<script src="bower_components/google-music/dist/google-music.min.js"></script>
<script>
  window.googleMusic = new window.GoogleMusic(window); // Our Google Music API
</script>

Vanilla

If you are not using a package manager, download the latest script at:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twolfson/google-music.js/master/dist/google-music.min.js

Then, add it to your HTML and access it via window.GoogleMusic.

<script src="google-music.min.js"></script>
<script>
  window.googleMusic = new window.GoogleMusic(window); // Our Google Music API
</script>

Documentation

google-music.js exposes a constructor, GoogleMusic as its module.exports (window.GoogleMusic for bower/vanilla).

new GoogleMusic(window)

Constructor for a new Google Music API. For usage with node-webkit, we require window to be passed in rather than assumed from global scope.

• window Object - Global window object for target browser window

Volume

googleMusic.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

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

playback.getPlaybackTime()

Retrieve the current progress in a song

Returns:

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

playback.setPlaybackTime(milliseconds)

Jump the current song to a time

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

playback.getSongInfo()

Retrieve current song's metadata

Returns:

• song Object - Container for song info
  • title String - Name of the song
  • artist String - Artist of the song
  • album String - Album of the song
  • art String - URL for album art of the song
  • duration Number - Milliseconds that the track will last for

playback.playPause()

Toggle between play and pause for the current song

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

playback.getPlaybackState()

Returns:

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

playback.forward()

Move to the next song

playback.rewind()

Move to the previous song

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 GoogleMusic.Playback.ALL_SHUFFLE or GoogleMusic.Playback.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 song
  • SINGLE_REPEAT will repeat the current song indefinitely
  • NO_REPEAT will not repeat the queue
  • We created constants named GoogleMusic.Playback.LIST_REPEAT, GoogleMusic.Playback.SINGLE_REPEAT, GoogleMusic.Playback.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.toggleVisualization()

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

This is an untested method.

Rating

googleMusic.rating exposes interfaces to the rating the current song.

rating.getRating()

Retrieve the rating for the current track.

Returns:

• retVal String - Rating for current song. 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

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

extras.getSongURL()

Retrieve the URL of the current song for sharing

This is an untested method

Returns:

• retVal String - URL for current song

Hooks

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

googleMusic.on('change:song', function (song) {
});

.on('change:song')

Triggers when a song changes

googleMusic.on('change:song', function (song) {
});

• song Object - Same as return value of playback.getSongInfo()

.on('change:shuffle')

Triggers when shuffle is toggled

googleMusic.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

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

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

.on('change:playback')

Triggers when a song is started, paused, or stopped

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

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

.on('change:playback-time')

Triggers when playback shifts

googleMusic.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 song is rated

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

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

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 songs (at least 3 required):

Credentials: musopen@mt2014.com / 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="your.google@account.email"
export GOOGLE_MUSIC_JS_PASSWORD="your-google-account-password"
# If you are on Windows, use the following
# set GOOGLE_MUSIC_JS_EMAIL="your.google@account.email"
# 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;

Donating

Support this project and others by twolfson via donations.

http://twolfson.com/support-me

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.