aw-watcher-tidal

aw-watcher-tidal is the ActivityWatch client for my TIDALuna plugin under the same name. It relays information to ActivityWatch about the currently playing song, similarly to aw-watcher-spotify.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12 or greater
• ActivityWatch

Corequisites

• aw-watcher-tidal TIDALuna plugin

Install instructions

1. Clone the repository
   git clone https://github.com/tailhaver/aw-watcher-tidal
2. Navigate to the created folder
   cd aw-watcher-tidal
3. Install the plugin
   pip install .
4. (Optional) Enable the plugin at startup
   A. Under the config directory, in the aw-qt folder, open the file aw-qt.toml.
   B. Add aw-watcher-tidal to autostart_modules under [aw-qt]. Be sure to remove any # before the line.
5. Restart ActivityWatch

Running from source

Prerqeuisites

• uv

Instructions

uv run aw-watcher-tidal

Optional flags

• --testing (default: false)
  Whether to connect to a testing aw-server at port :5666 rather than port :5600
• --port (default: 6137)
  What port to run the HTTP server used to receive requests from the TIDALuna plugin on

why?

i am a type of person that alternates between loving last.fm and hating it. on one hand i love showing how long ive listened to an artist. on the other... well... i dont need the whole world to know that i looped the same song for 5 hours yesterday. since i use tidal and not spotify, the aw-watcher-spotify plugin isnt of much help to me. so i set out to make my own tracker similar to aw-watcher-spotify to track my listening habits.