| name | nowplaying-status |
| description | Use when the user asks "what's playing right now" or wants the current track info without opening the kiosk. Just queries the orchestrator and reports. |
Now Playing — current track inspector
Show the user what the orchestrator currently knows about playback. Pure read.
Query the WebSocket once
ssh <pi-host> "timeout 3 ~/now-playing/pi/.venv/bin/python -c \"
import asyncio, aiohttp, json
async def main():
async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as s:
async with s.ws_connect('http://localhost:8080/ws') as ws:
async for msg in ws:
d = json.loads(msg.data)
if d.get('type') == 'now_playing':
p = d['payload']
print(f'source={p.get(\\\"source\\\")} state={p.get(\\\"state\\\")}')
print(f'title={p.get(\\\"title\\\")!r}')
print(f'artist={p.get(\\\"artist\\\")!r}')
print(f'album={p.get(\\\"album\\\")!r}')
print(f'track={p.get(\\\"track_position\\\")!r} side={p.get(\\\"side\\\")!r} match={p.get(\\\"match_method\\\")}')
return
asyncio.run(main())
\""
Present the output as:
Now playing: {artist} — {title} ({album}, side {side})
Source: {source} · Match: {match_method}
If no payload arrives within 3 seconds, the orchestrator is likely idle (state=STOPPED) or down — recommend nowplaying-diagnose.
Optional: last 5 minutes of recognitions
ssh <pi-host> 'journalctl -u nowplaying-orchestrator --since "5 minutes ago" --no-pager | grep "recognize:"' | tail -10
