Spotify Plugin for PowerToys Run

This is a plugin for PowerToys Run that allows you to search Spotify and control its player.

For the Command Palette version, see CmdPal.Ext.Spotify.

Features

• Search for songs, albums, artists and playlists
• Play songs, albums, artists and playlists
• Add song to queue (Shift+Enter)
• Pause and resume track
• Go to previous or next track
• Turn shuffle on and off
• Set repeat to track, context or off
• Turn volume up and down

Installation

Important

Spotify Premium is necessary to control the player.

1. Check your current PowerToys version (open PowerToys and look at the version number at the bottom of the settings window).
2. Download the release that matches your PowerToys version.
3. Extract the content of the zip file to the RunPlugins folder of your PowerToys' installation. Usually C:\Program Files\PowerToys\RunPlugins, or %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins.
4. Restart PowerToys.
5. Head to your Spotify developer dashboard.
6. Create a new app with:
   • Redirect URI set to http://127.0.0.1:5543/callback
   • Web API and Web Playback SDK checked
7. Go to the settings of the newly created app and save somewhere the value of Client ID. It is needed later.
8. Open PowerToys and go to the PowerToys Run section. Scroll down until you find the Spotify section. Click on it.
9. Set the value of Client ID with the value saved earlier.
10. Activate PowerToys Run and type sp. You should see a result asking you to login to your Spotify account. Hit enter and go through the login process.
11. Activate PowerToys Run again and type sp lofi. If the installation was a succes, you should see results.

Update the plugin

1. Ensure you have the latest version of PowerToys installed.
2. Close PowerToys.
3. Download the release zip file that matches your PowerToys version.
4. Extract the content of the zip file to the RunPlugins folder of your PowerToys' installation. Usually C:\Program Files\PowerToys\RunPlugins, or %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins.
5. Restart PowerToys.

Usage

Open PowerToys Run (default shortcut is Alt+Space).

Play a song

1. Type sp followed by your search query.
2. Select a song, artist or playlist and press Enter to play it.

Control the playback

1. Type sp.
2. Select your desired action and press Enter.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, improvements, or bug fixes, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

To contribute to PowerToys-Run-Spotify, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature/fix.
3. Make your changes and commit them with descriptive commit messages.
4. Push your changes to your forked repository.
5. Submit a pull request to the main repository.

Please ensure that your code adheres to the existing code style. Also, make sure to update the documentation as needed.

Together, we can make PowerToys-Run-Spotify better!

Development

To build and install the plugin, run BuildAndInstallPlugin.bat. This will build the repo then copy the files to the plugins folder for PowerToys Run.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License