antigen and laptop polybar

profiles/shared/.config/polybar/config.d/modules

@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ format=GPU <label>
 
 [module/spotify]
 type=custom/script
-exec=python3 ~/.config/polybar/spotify.py
+exec=python3 ~/.config/polybar/spotify.py "{artist} - {title}" 
 interval=1
 tail=false
 format= <label>

profiles/shared/.config/polybar/spotify.py

@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python2
 
 import dbus
+from sys import argv
+
+if len(argv) > 1:
+    fmt = argv[1]
+else:
+    fmt = None
+
+def format_output(artist, title, fmt=None):
+    if fmt is None:
+        fmt =  "{artist} - {title}"
+    return fmt.format(artist=artist, title=title)
+        
+
 try:
     bus = dbus.SessionBus()
     spotify = bus.get_object("org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify", "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2")
     spotify_iface = dbus.Interface(spotify, 'org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
     props = spotify_iface.Get('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player', 'Metadata')
-    try:
-        out = str(props['xesam:artist'][0]) + " - " + str(props['xesam:title'])
+    try: 
+        out = format_output((props['xesam:artist'][0]), str(props['xesam:title']), fmt)
     except IndexError:
         out = ''
     print(out)