# Files for sending what Rhythmbox is currently playing to an Iceshrimp.NET Note

## Introduction:
A Rhythmbox plugin creates a hidden text file in the ~/home folder

This script takes the contents of that hidden text file and sends it to an Iceshrimp.NET account as a Note

## Prerequisites:

* ### Rhythmbox Plugin

	[https://github.com/Zattstudio/rhythmbox-nowplaying](https://github.com/Zattstudio/rhythmbox-nowplaying)

	I'm sure other plugins are available

* ### Iceshrimp.NET TOKEN

	To generate a TOKEN, in a Terminal send a POST request:

		curl -X 'POST' \
			'https://shrimp.example.org/api/iceshrimp/auth/login' \
			-H 'accept: application/json' \
			-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
			-d '{
			"username": "account_name_goes_here",
			"password": "super_long_password_goes_here"
		}'

	* #### Make a note of the Authentication TOKEN in the response

		This bit is the Authentication TOKEN:

		"token":"this_is_the_TOKEN"

	* #### Test the TOKEN works

		In a Terminal post something to the instance using the TOKEN provided:

			curl -X 'POST' \
				'https://shrimp.example.org/api/iceshrimp/notes' \
				-H 'accept: application/json' \
				-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
				-H "Authorization: Bearer this_is_the_TOKEN" \
				-d '{
				"text": "Test Post",
				"visibility": "public"
				}'

		**Note:**

		* The 'text' parameter is required

		* The 'visibility' parameter is required

## Files:

* ### [currently_playing.py]

	The Python code to take the contents of a hidden text file and POST it to an Iceshrimp.NET instance as a Note

* ### [rhythmbox-current.out]

	The Rhythmbox plugin creates a hidden text file in ~/home (this is an unhidden example)

* ### [secrets.py]

	The Python file that contains the access Token and other needed connection info