Spotify Ad Killer

A Python script which automatically kills/blocks Spotify ads*

Currently in testing phase.

Stable

* Only works on Windows

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Disclaimer

This is for testing purposes ONLY!

I don't know if anyone else has done this before. if they have, their script is probably better than mine.

How does it work?

It checks for window name changes and it'll exit Spotify and relaunch it when Spotify is playing anything that doesn't have "-" in the name. (Every song on Spotify has that in the name)

Why does it work

There's this known bug which let's you skip ads if you exit Spotify entirely and relaunch it.

Using (without building)

Just head to the Latest Release tab and download the latest version.

• The Spotify directory in this release is in "appdata/roaming/spotify"

Installing Dependencies

1. Make sure you have Python 3.9 installed.
2. Then extract the repository and open a terminal in that directory.
3. Run python -m pip install -r requirements.txt in the same directory.
4. And finally run pip install --only-binary :all: psutil

Setting up and Running the script

1. Replace the "SpotifyDir" value with the directory of your Spotify executable.
2. Exit Spotify entirely (Ctrl + Shift + Q) or just pause the music.
3. Open the directory in your preferred terminal.
4. Run python main.py.

Making an executable (.exe file)

1. Install Pyinstaller pip install pyinstaller.
2. Open the script directory in your preferred terminal.
3. Run this line of code pyinstaller --icon=icon.ico --onefile --hidden-import "pynput.keyboard._win32" --hidden-import "pynput.mouse._win32" main.py
4. Wait for the program to finish compiling the executable.
5. Your file is located in dist directory.

• You can replace any Spotify shortcut with this file. (But remember to change the "SpotifyDir" value.)
• If the executable exits with "Python39.dll not found" error, move the included Python39.dll to the directory.
• You can use whatever version of python3 you have but to fix the "python3*.dll not found" you have to look through your python dir.

Acknowledgments

• There is a limitation however, some ads don't change the window title to "Advertisement". I might design a system which detects those too but I'm lazy atm.

The mentioned bug is fixed.

• Some antivirus softwares incorrectly detect the precompiled version (Latest Release) as malware. This is a known issue caused by building executables with pyinstaller (Yara rule and Virustotal Scan).

To-Do List

• Fix the limitation.

Questions

If yall have any questions or just wanna talk, add me on Discord or use my username Rayr#6709 (this might change so it's better to just use the link)