Program to press a button at a certain time?

[Tim Drake]

I had a good idea the other day.

I have started to listen to Spotify recently and I was thinking of finding a program that would say press play as I wake up for college so it would wake me up as well as being peaceful for getting ready to.

Anyone got any ideas?

Edit: just to clarify, this is for PC.

[rtpb5642]

Good idea! Totally following this.

[C0LL0SS0S]

I would love to see a alarm app that would allow spotify integration, we must have developers in the forum to do this

[The Cool n00B]

USB Macros.

[Nineshadow]

I would love to see a alarm app that would allow spotify integration, we must have developers in the forum to do this

Except there already is D:

[babadoctor]

no, use chrontab on the rasberry pi to make a spotify app. i have already done this and trust me its not that great

[Tim Drake]

Except there already is D:

Why not actually post the name?

 

no, use chrontab on the rasberry pi to make a spotify app. i have already done this and trust me its not that great

Sure lemme just spawn a raspberry pi

 

I know it's great, I used to do it with the radio.

[as96]

I would love to see a alarm app that would allow spotify integration, we must have developers in the forum to do this

If there is a Spotify API and I have some time to waste I could think about doing an Android app

[Tim Drake]

If there is a Spotify API and I have some time to waste I could think about doing an Android app

That would be awesome!

If only spotify mobile didn't suck huge dicks

[thekeemo]

only thing i can think of is an app that will emulate the play key on earphones

[Tim Drake]

only thing i can think of is an app that will emulate the play key on earphones

This is for the PC

[thekeemo]

This is for the PC

A button that will emulate the play button on a media keyboard

[Tim Drake]

A button that will emulate the play button on a media keyboard

What.

[ekv]

I can help you with Visual Basic 6, I think i still remeber to code in that old timer.

Actually it's really simple app, move mouse to X/Y position, trigger click if interval $yourTime = Time()

 

But that means every time you go to bed you need to keep Spotify in front-view as window or whatever.

And there is not much of use from software like that, better try with some API let's say:

 

Some player API, don't know if they have that but then you can use PHP/HTML for player and with that even move it to a phone.

[C0LL0SS0S]

If there is a Spotify API and I have some time to waste I could think about doing an Android app

well android wouldn't help me

[as96]

well android wouldn't help me

What would help?

[Tim Drake]

I can help you with Visual Basic 6, I think i still remeber to code in that old timer.

Actually it's really simple app, move mouse to X/Y position, trigger click if interval $yourTime = Time()

 

But that means every time you go to bed you need to keep Spotify in front-view as window or whatever.

And there is not much of use from software like that, better try with some API let's say:

 

Some player API, don't know if they have that but then you can use PHP/HTML for player and with that even move it to a phone.

That is exactly what I want though.

 

I could just play the playlist I want to wake up to, pause it again then leave the program to press play at say 7am

[cluelessgenius]

That is exactly what I want though.

 

I could just play the playlist I want to wake up to, pause it again then leave the program to press play at say 7am

well i think there might be a way to do this without a custom program but im give this a try later anyway. but a little more description of the use case would be great.

 

say if i wrote a windows app that you could enter a time in and at that time it would start playing spotify would that be what you need or do you want specific playlist choice?

 

anyway im gonna take a look and see what i can do. sounds simple enough

 

this would mean you had to leave your pc on at night though

[Tim Drake]

well i think there might be a way to do this without a custom program but im give this a try later anyway. but a little more description of the use case would be great.

 

say if i wrote a windows app that you could enter a time in and at that time it would start playing spotify would that be what you need or do you want specific playlist choice?

 

anyway im gonna take a look and see what i can do. sounds simple enough

 

this would mean you had to leave your pc on at night though

All I need is a program that presses a key of my choice at a certain time.

 

Also, I am perfectly fine with leaving my PC on overnight.

[fizzlesticks]

If you're on Windows and have Python installed here's a script that will open Spotify to whatever playlist you want, find the play button and click it after whatever delay you tell it.

 

 

The delay is in the format hours:minutes and they can be decimals. So if you want to open some playlist in 1 and a half hours you would start it like this:

 

py spotifyplayclicker.py spotify:user:22s42nedyehh4jtph7lryogtq:playlist:3xdVJblwBJ0MpoLHCUY9yd 1:30

 

to get that long spotify string thing open the playlist you want, click the little button next to play and chose copy Spotify URI. If you're using the free Spotify, you should probably close it before going to bed so an ad doesn't get in the way at the wrong time. And of course I wouldn't actually use this as an alarm.

#!/usr/bin/env python3import timeimport ctypesimport sysimport osimport threadingfrom PIL import ImageGrab, Imagefrom datetime import datetime, timedeltaargs = sys.argvif len(args) < 3:    print('Usage: py spotifyplayclicker.py <spotify URI> <time delay H:M>')    sys.exit(1)uri = sys.argv[1]hour, minute = [float(x) for x in sys.argv[2].split(':')]def go():    os.system('start ' + uri)    time.sleep(5)        img = ImageGrab.grab().convert('RGB')    width, height = img.size    pixels = list(img.getdata())    for i, p in enumerate(pixels):        if p == (0x1D, 0xB9, 0x54):            if pixels[i+5] == (0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF):                x = i % width                y = i // width                print('{} {}'.format(x, y))                ctypes.windll.user32.SetCursorPos(x, y)                time.sleep(.1)                ctypes.windll.user32.mouse_event(0x2,0,0,0,0)                time.sleep(.1)                ctypes.windll.user32.mouse_event(0x4,0,0,0,0)                breaknow = datetime.utcnow()time_to_run = now + timedelta(hours=hour, minutes=minute, seconds=-5)delay = (time_to_run - now).total_seconds()threading.Timer(delay, go).start()

[C0LL0SS0S]

What would help?

iOS would be great, would pay 1,99 if the app is good and has a adjustable snooze option

[cluelessgenius]

All I need is a program that presses a key of my choice at a certain time.

 

Also, I am perfectly fine with leaving my PC on overnight.

ok so i threw together a little handy tool that will do the job for you now you just need to give me a way of sending you the setup im creating right now

[cluelessgenius]

I had a good idea the other day.

I have started to listen to Spotify recently and I was thinking of finding a program that would say press play as I wake up for college so it would wake me up as well as being peaceful for getting ready to.

Anyone got any ideas?

Edit: just to clarify, this is for PC.

ok so now its done and im gonna post a dropbox link here for everyone to download if they want.

ive included a little manual and also please not everyone at once

 

http://bit.ly/1LTvTBE

 

feedback is appreciated

[ekv]

Ok so i made you this software in VB6.

Here is src & exe:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/nrdbcc0e5vel9l4/Alarm.rar

Here is screenshot:

[cluelessgenius]

Ok so i made you this software in VB6.

Here is src & exe:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/nrdbcc0e5vel9l4/Alarm.rar

Here is screenshot:

 

nice how long have you been programming?