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Instant-Lyrics

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Shows lyrics of the currently playing Spotify song, or any song, instantly.

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# Instant-Lyrics

Instantly fetches the lyrics of the currently playing spotify song, or any song, and displays it on a window.

A linux application with a very convinient GUI. Build with Python Gtk+3 (gi).

# Screenshot
![Screenshot](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6123105/23824316/3fe58044-069a-11e7-804e-180ea4041002.jpeg)

# Working
### GIF
![working](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6123105/23824730/e0e0829e-06a1-11e7-8d57-3235c4266f2c.gif)

# Compatibility

* Python 2/3

* Linux

# Installation

## From Source

### Requirements

* python-gi (PyGObject)

* AppIndicator3

* python-dbus

* requests

* beautifulsoup4

* lxml

First, install the requirements:

### For Ubuntu/Debian based systems:

``` sh
sudo apt install python-gi python-dbus gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1 python-requests python-bs4 python-lxml
```

(requests, lxml and bs4 can be install from `pip` also: `pip install requests lxml beautifiulsoup4`)

### For Arch users

``` sh
sudo pacman -S python2-dbus python2-requests python2-lxml python2-beautifulsoup4 python2-gobject libappindicator-gtk3
```

### Fedora

``` sh
sudo dnf install dbus-python python-gobject libappindicator-gtk3 python2-requests python-beautifulsoup4 python2-lxml
```

## Install from source

After you've installed the dependencies, open terminal and go to the directory where you want to install. Enter the commands:

``` sh
git clone https://github.com/bhrigu123/Instant-Lyrics.git

cd Instant-Lyrics/

python InstantLyrics.py
```

The icon will appear in the system tray (indicator panel). You can start using the application from there.

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# Creating a launcher shortcut

If you have installed from source, you can go to **Preferences** from the menu options, and click on the button `Create Desktop Entry`.

You should be able to see the `Instant Lyrics` application shortcut in your launcher menu.

You can also find several manual ways of doing so from the web.

![Launcher](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/6123105/23824317/4735e83e-069a-11e7-8b1e-2814632bb3aa.jpeg)

# Contribution
Create an issue to discuss the changes/modifications before sending a PR.

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## Icon Credits
Icon made by [Freepik](http://www.freepik.com/) from www.flaticon.com

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