Spotify plugin for Macro Deck 2

Control your Spotify-Player using Macro Deck 2

Important Notes

• You need Spotify Premium in order to be able to control your Player!
  If you just want to make use of the Variables, it should work without the need of Premium.
• This is a plugin for Macro Deck 2, it does NOT function as a standalone app!

Features

Action	Description
Resume/Pause playback	Toggles playback
Skip/Previous	Skips the playback to the next/previous track
Volume	Sets the volume of the Spotify player
Shuffle	Sets random play order on or off
Repeat	Sets repeating mode
Play playlist	Starts playing a specific playlist
Add/Remove Library	Add or Remove the current track to your library

Variables

Variable	Description	Type
spotify_playing_title	Holds the currently playing track	String
spotify_playing_artists	Holds the artists of the currently playing track	String
spotify_playing_loop	Indicates the repeating mode of the current playback	String
spotify_playing_shuffle	Indicates if the playback is played randomly	Boolean
spotify_playing_volume	The current player volume	Number
spotify_playing_link	The full link to the current track to share	String
spotify_track_in_library	Indicates if the current track is added to your library	Boolean
spotify_playing	Indicates if the player is playing a track at the moment (can be bound to the button state)	Boolean

Installation

1. Go to the Spotify Developer Portal
2. Create a new App, give it a name and description of your choice
3. Add http://localhost:5000/callback in the Redirect URIs field
4. Copy the client ID of your new App into the Configuration field in Macro Deck
5. Press the "Authorize Spotify"-Button
6. It should open your browser, where you must authorize the App to access your Spotify account.
   The Tokens (Access and Refresh) will be filled into their fields automatically. After authorizing the app you can close your browser again and save the Configuration with "Ok".

Helping with the translation

All translation files are located under:
https://github.com/Develeon64/Macro-Deck-Spotify-Plugin/tree/main/Resources/Languages

Adding/editing a translation file

1. Fork this GitHub repository
2. Add/edit the translation files
3. Create a pull request of the forked repository

Note

Please use the ISO names for the file name and for the Language node in the file. For LanguageCode use the ISO-639-1 code. You can find more information on Wikipedia.

Third party licenses

This plugin uses some awesome 3rd party libraries:

• SpotifyAPI-NET (MIT license)
• Spotify logo in the icon (Copyright Spotify AB)