MPD client class

class musicpd.MPDClient

MPDClient instance will look for MPD_HOST/MPD_PORT/XDG_RUNTIME_DIR environment variables and set instance attribute host, port and pwd accordingly.

Then musicpd.MPDClient.connect will use host and port as defaults if not provided as args.

Cf. musicpd.MPDClient.connect for details.

>>> from os inport environ
>>> environ['MPD_HOST'] = 'pass@mpdhost'
>>> cli = musicpd.MPDClient()
>>> cli.pwd == environ['MPD_HOST'].split('@')[0]
True
>>> cli.host == environ['MPD_HOST'].split('@')[1]
True
>>> # cli.connect() will use host/port as set in MPD_HOST/MPD_PORT

connect(host=None, port=None)

Connects the MPD server

Parameters:

• host (str) – hostname, IP or FQDN (defaults to localhost or socket, see below for details)
• port (str) – port number (defaults to 6600)

The connect method honors MPD_HOST/MPD_PORT environment variables.

Note

Default host/port

If host evaluate to False

• use MPD_HOST env. var. if set, extract password if present,
• else looks for a existing file in ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/}/mpd/socket
• else set host to localhost

If port evaluate to False

• if MPD_PORT env. var. is set, use it for port
• else use 6600

disconnect()

Closes the MPD connection. The client closes the actual socket, it does not use the ‘close’ request from MPD protocol (as suggested in documentation).