skx / mpd-web

Simple HTTP view of an MPD server

mpd-web

This repository contains a simple HTTP-server which allows basic control of an mpd server running upon localhost:

• Move to the next track.
• Move to the previous track.
• Stop playback, and restart it.
• Show the current playlist, and allow jumping to specific songs within it.

Rational

I have mpd installed upon my desktop, and I use it for playing music when I'm in front of my PC.

When I'm outside the office I often have playback sent through some bluetooth speakers - and I don't want to have to go back to my PC to skip to the next track.

I can stop playback by turning off the speaker, of course!

So I make sure that I launch this deamon too, and then I can skip tracks with my mobile phone.

Installation

Assuming you have a working go compiler, & etc, you can install via:

$ go install github.com/skx/mpd-web@latest

Otherwise clone this repository and build/install like so:

$ cd mpd-web
$ go build .
$ go install .

You can see a simple installation-recipe, which launches this as a user-service via systemd in install - You should read the contents before blindly executing it!

NOTE: The embedded HTML template we use for our UI requires the use of go version 1.17, or higher, to build this service.

Configuration

There are zero configuration options; the server defaults to serving on port 8888 (all interfaces), and contacting the mpd server on localhost:6600.

Implementation

• main.go configures some HTTP-routes, and starts the HTTP-server
  • No command-line parsing/handling.
• http.go contains the HTTP-handlers.
  • These trigger actions against the MPD server
• embed.go is a helper which embeds the text/template file served.
  • No real code here.
• web/index.html is the HTML-template served when the user visits http://127.0.0.1:8888/

Bugs?

Report as you see them :)

Steve