notquiterussell/spotifyd-mqtt

HTTP Spotify Client

Introduction

A simple client to convert a spotify ID into a series of MQTT topics.

It was developed to replace Shairport-sync with Spotifyd, publishing to a subset of the Shairport-sync topics.

Topics

Topic name	Description
play_end	Current track has stopped playing
play_resume	Current track is resumed
play_start	Current track is starting
track_id	Track id
title	Track title
artist	Track artist
album	Track album

Generally, the order of events will be publication on title, artist and album. Then one of the control signals, play_end, play_resume or play_start will be sent --.

Environment variables

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Variable	Description	Default
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID	Your Spotify application ID	-
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET	Your client secret, from the Spotify dashboard	-
PORT	The port to listen on	9001
MQTT_BROKER	Broker address	mqtt://hifi-office.local
BASE_MQTT_PATH	Base path	shairport-sync/rpih1/
LOG_LEVEL	Log level	INFO

Building

make setup && make build

Installing

The service is designed to run as a user, not root. Note the deliberate lack of sudo here.

make install

When your default editor opens, provide values for your Spotify client id and secret. You may also override the default port, broker address and path.

For example:

[Service]
Environment=SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=redacted_id
Environment=SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=redacted_secret

Then run make start

Subsequently, run make restart on update.