Spotcast

Home Assistant custom component to start Spotify playback on an idle chromecast device

This component is not meant to be a full Spotify chromecast media_player but only serves to start the playback. Controlling the chromcast device and the Spotify playback after the initial start is done in their respective components. Becasue starting playback using the API requires more powerful token the username and password used for browser login is used.

Used by https://github.com/custom-cards/spotify-card.

Community post: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/spotcast-custom-component-to-start-playback-on-an-idle-chromecast-device/114232

Installation

Get code

On your HA

cd /config/custom_components && git clone https://github.com/fondberg/spotcast.git

Configuration

Single account

Add the following to your config

spotcast:
  username: !secret spotify_username
  password: !secret spotify_password

Multiple accounts

Add accounts dict to the configuration and populate with a list of accounts to be able to initiate playback using diffferent accounts than the default.

spotcast:
  username: !secret spotify_primary_password
  password: !secret spotify_primary_password
  accounts:
    niklas:
      username: !secret spotify_niklas_password
      password: !secret spotify_niklas_password
    ming:
      username: !secret spotify_ming_password
      password: !secret spotify_ming_password

Call the service

start playback on a device with default account

{
	"device_name" : "Kök",
	"uri" : "spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX3yvAYDslnv8"
}

where

• device_name is the friendly name of the Chromecast
• uri is the spotify uri, supports all uris including track (limit to one track)

start playback on a device with non default account

{
    "account":"niklas",
	"device_name" : "Kök",
	"uri" : "spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DX3yvAYDslnv8"
}

where

• account is the name of account key in the accounts dictionary in the configuration
• device_name is the friendly name of the Chromecast
• uri is the spotify uri, supports all uris including track (limit to one track)

transfer a ongoing playback to a chromecast device

{
	"device_name" : "MultiRoom",
	"transfer_playback" : true
}

where

• device_name is the friendly name of the Chromecast
• transfer_playback (optional) true or false, continue ongoing playback on your Chromecast

Use the sensor

Sensor name

sensor.chromecast_devices

Attributes

devices_json: [{"name": "Kök", "cast_type": "audio", "model_name": "Google Home", "uuid": "xxxxx", "manufacturer": "Google Inc."}, {"name": "Högtalare uppe", "cast_type": "group", "model_name": "Google Cast Group", "uuid": "xxxx", "manufacturer": "Google Inc."}, {"name": "Vardagsrum", "cast_type": "cast", "model_name": "HK Citation 300", "uuid": "xxxx", "manufacturer": "Harman Kardon"}]

last_update: 2019-05-01T15:27:49.828553+02:00

friendly_name: Chromecast Devices

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License

Apache 2.0