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Connect Spotify

Show Spotify's queue in Orbia's Up next, and save songs to your Liked Songs from the notch.

You don't need this to play music. Play, pause, skip, the album art, the moving bars and Spotify's own lyrics all work without connecting. Connecting only adds the queue and Liked Songs.

Before you start

Spotify only shares your queue and Liked Songs with a small Spotify "app" that you make yourself, once. It takes about two minutes. Spotify requires the person who makes it to have Spotify Premium.

Steps

  1. In Orbia, open Settings → Notices and scroll to Spotify.
  2. Click Open the Dashboard (or go to developer.spotify.com/dashboard) and log in with your Spotify account. Accept the developer terms if Spotify asks.
  3. Click Create app. For the name, type Orbia. For the description, type Orbia on my Mac. Leave Website empty.
  4. Under Redirect URIs, paste this and click Add: http://127.0.0.1:43219/callback
    It must be exactly this, with 127.0.0.1, not localhost. Orbia's Copy the Redirect URI button copies it for you.
  5. Where Spotify asks which APIs you'll use, tick Web API. Tick the terms box and click Save.
  6. On your new app's page, open Settings and copy the Client ID. Don't copy the Client secret.
  7. Back in Orbia, paste it into Client ID and click Connect Spotify.
  8. Spotify's page opens in your browser. Click Agree. Orbia shows Connected.

If it doesn't work

  • "INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid redirect URI": the Redirect URI in your Spotify app isn't exactly http://127.0.0.1:43219/callback. Fix it in your app's settings on the dashboard, save, and connect again.
  • It stopped working later: Spotify turns off developer apps when their owner's Premium ends. It works again once Premium is back.
  • Your password: you sign in on Spotify's own page. Orbia never sees your password.