# Spotcast [![hacs_badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/HACS-Default-orange.svg)](https://github.com/hacs/integration) [![spotcast](https://img.shields.io/github/release/fondberg/spotcast.svg?1)](https://github.com/fondberg/spotcast) ![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/maintenance/yes/2025.svg) > [!WARNING] > **This project is abandoned and no longer maintained.** > Due to Spotify's hostility toward third-party developers, their political stances, and a lack of time on my part, I have decided to discontinue Spotcast indefinitely. No PRs will be reviewed or merged. > > A maintained fork now lives at **[Mincka/spotcast](https://github.com/Mincka/spotcast)**. See the [migration guide](https://github.com/Mincka/spotcast#coming-from-the-original-fondbergspotcast) to move over. Your accounts, tokens, entities and automations carry over untouched. Home Assistant custom component to start Spotify playback on an idle chromecast device or a Spotify Connect device (thanks to @kleinc80) which means that you can target your automation for chromecast as well as connect devices. Spotcast implements a cast platform (requires Home Assistant Core 2022.2.0 or later), which enables Google Cast media player entities to play Spotify URI as well as to browse the Spotify library. This component is not meant to be a full Spotify chromecast media_player but only serves to start the playback. Controlling the chromecast device and the Spotify playback after the initial start is done in their respective components. Because starting playback using the API requires more powerful token the username and password used for browser login is used. > [!WARNING] > A breaking change in Home Assitant `2024.11` is causing [Spotify-Card](https://github.com/custom-cards/spotify-card) to break. As the project has no active maintainer, this break cannot be fixed, but a fork of the project can be found [here](https://github.com/mikevanes/spotify-card-v2). If you are having issue with [Spotify-Card-V2](https://github.com/mikevanes/spotify-card-v2) make sure bto open a ticket in that repository. This projects and its maintainers do not manage the other project and cannot help you directly. Used by [Spotify-Card-V2](https://github.com/mikevanes/spotify-card-v2) __[Community post](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/spotcast-custom-component-to-start-playback-on-an-idle-chromecast-device/114232)__ ## Installation ### HACS This component is easiest installed using [HACS](https://github.com/custom-components/hacs). ### Manual installation Copy all files from custom_components/spotcast/ to custom_components/spotcast/ inside your config Home Assistant directory. ## Configuration ### Minimum Home Assistant version Spotcast is compatible with any version since 2024.11.0. ### Official Spotify Integration Note that as of v3.5.2 you must also have the official [Home Assistant Spotify Integration](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/spotify/) installed and configured for this custom component to work. This is because it provides the correct device list which has the correct scopes in its token. ### Obtaining `sp_dc` and `sp_key` cookies Spotcast uses two cookies to authenticate against Spotify in order to have access to the required services. To obtain the cookies, these different methods can be used: #### Chrome based browser ##### Chrome web console 1. Open a new __Incognito window__ at [`https://open.spotify.com`](https://open.spotify.com) and login to Spotify. 2. Press `Command+Option+I` (Mac) or `Control+Shift+I` or `F12`. This should open the developer tools menu of your browser. 3. Go into the `application` section. 4. In the menu on the left go int `Storage/Cookies/open.spotify.com`. 5. Find the `sp_dc` and `sp_key` and copy the values. 6. Close the window without logging out (Otherwise the cookies are made invalid). ![cookie in chrome developer tools](images/cookies_chrome_2.png) #### Firefox based browser ##### Firefox web console 1. Open a new __Incognito window__ at [`https://open.spotify.com`](https://open.spotify.com) and login to Spotify. 2. Press `Command+Option+I` (Mac) or `Control+Shift+I` or `F12`. This should open the developer tools menu of your browser. 3. Go into the `Storage` section. (You might have to click on the right arrows to reveal the section). 4. Select the `Cookies` sub-menu and then `https://open.spotify.com`. 5. Find the `sp_dc` and `sp_key` and copy the values. 6. Close the window without logging out (Otherwise the cookies are made invalid). ![Firefox developer tool](images/cookies_firefox_1.png) ### Single account Add the following to your configuration.yaml: ```yaml spotcast: sp_dc: !secret sp_dc sp_key: !secret sp_key country: SE #optional, added in 3.6.24 ``` ### 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. If you are using v3.5.2 or greater and thus also have the core Spotify Integration installed, then [the additional accounts will also need to be added there as well](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/spotify#using-multiple-spotify-accounts) for multiple accounts to work. ```yaml spotcast: sp_dc: !secret primary_sp_dc sp_key: !secret primary_sp_key country: SE #optional, added in 3.6.24 accounts: niklas: sp_dc: !secret niklas_sp_dc sp_key: !secret niklas_sp_key ming: sp_dc: !secret ming_sp_dc sp_key: !secret ming_sp_key ``` ### Edit secrets.yaml Please note: configuration.yaml is a plain text file and [it is not recommended to store your passwords in this file](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/secrets/). By using the ```!secret``` tag you are directing Home Assistant to look inside the secrets.yaml file for your key instead. For a single account add the following to your secrets.yaml file: ```yaml sp_dc: [your sp_dc here] sp_key: [your sp_key here] ``` For multiple accounts add the corresponding entries to your secrets.yaml file. For example, using the same accounts as above: ```yaml primary_sp_dc: [your sp_dc here] primary_sp_key: [your sp_key here] niklas_sp_dc: [niklas sp_dc here] niklas_sp_key: [niklas sp_key here] ming_sp_dc: [ming sp_dc here] ming_sp_key: [ming sp_key here] ``` ## Call the service The spotcast custom component creates a service called 'spotcast.start' in Home Assistant. ### Start playback on Spotify connect device ```yaml - service: spotcast.start data: spotify_device_id: "ab123c5d7347324c2b1234567890f8d6dc40350" uri: "spotify:playlist:5xddIVAtLrZKtt4YGLM1SQ" random_song: true ``` ### Start playback on a device with default account ```yaml - service: spotcast.start data: device_name: "Kitchen" uri: "spotify:playlist:5xddIVAtLrZKtt4YGLM1SQ" random_song: true ``` where: * `spotify_device_id` is the device ID of the Spotify Connect device * `device_name` is the friendly name of the chromecast device * `uri` is the Spotify uri, supports all uris including track (limit to one track) * `search` is a search query to resolve into a uri. This parameter will be overlooked if a uri is provided * `category` let spotify pick a random playlist inside a given [category](https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-browse-categories/) * `country` restrict country to use when looking for playlists inside a category * `limit` restrict number of playlists to return when looking in a category. Note that only a single playlist will be chosen randomly from them. * `random_song` optional parameter that starts the playback at a random position in the playlist * `repeat` optional parameter that repeats the playlist/track (track|context|off) * `shuffle` optional parameter to set shuffle mode for playback * `offset` optional parameter to set offset mode for playback. 0 is the first song Optionally you can specify the `entity_id` of an existing Home Assistant chromecast media-player like: ```yaml - service: spotcast.start data: entity_id: "media_player.vardagsrum" uri: "spotify:playlist:5xddIVAtLrZKtt4YGLM1SQ" ``` ### Find Spotify Device ID To use the Spotcast service with a Spotify Connect device, you need the `spotify_device_id`. To find the `spotify_device_id`, multiple option are available. #### With Spotify developer portal 1. Go to [Spotify developer console](https://developer.spotify.com/console/get-users-available-devices/) 2. Click `TRY IT`
3. Extract the ID (there could be more than one if you have more than one speaker) from the 'RESPONSE SAMPLE' on the right #### Through Spotcast log 1. Enable the debug logs (instructions are in section `Enabling Debug Log` in this README) 2. Reboot Home Assistant 3. Go to `Configuration >> Logs >> Load Full Home Assistant Log`. 4. For chromecast devices, make sure to play media on the device prior to checking the logs as they will not show unless active 5. Find the log entry `get_spotify_devices` and look for the device ID. #### Sonos Device ID 1. Open the Spotify Web Player and sign in if needed 2. Make sure you see your Sonos devices in the Connect popup 3. Open your browser's DevTools (F12 for Chrome) 4. Navigate to the Network tab 5. Connect to the desired Sonos device in the Web Player 6. Find the associated request in your DevTools 7. The request URL looks something like this: `https://gew1-spclient.spotify.com/connect-state/v1/connect/transfer/from/my_web_player_device_id/to/my_sonos_device_id` 8. The `my_sonos_device_id` is the `spotify_device_id` you are looking for. ##### Log example ```LOG 2022-01-13 19:10:35 DEBUG (SyncWorker_0) [custom_components.spotcast.helpers] get_spotify_devices: media_player.spotify_felix: Spotify Félix Cusson: [{'id': '################################', 'is_active': True, 'is_private_session': False, 'is_restricted': False, 'name': 'Salon', 'type': 'CastAudio', 'volume_percent': 16}] 2022-01-13 19:10:35 DEBUG (SyncWorker_0) [custom_components.spotcast.helpers] get_spotify_devices: {'devices': [{'id': '###############################', 'is_active': False, 'is_private_session': False, 'is_restricted': False, 'name': 'Salon', 'type': 'CastAudio', 'volume_percent': 16}]} # Look for <...> Spotify Félix Cusson: [{'id': '################################', <- This is the device ID ``` ### Automation example ```yaml - id: 'christmas_play_christmas_music' alias: Christmas play Christmas music initial_state: 'on' trigger: - event_data: id: remote_windowlamps event: 5002 platform: event event_type: deconz_event condition: [] action: - service: spotcast.start data: uri: 'spotify:playlist:56Bor5fbMJlJV7oryb2p3k' random_song: true shuffle: true start_volume: 50 entity_id: media_player.kitchen ``` ```yaml - service: spotcast.start data: search: "Brown Bird" # resolves to spotify:artist:5zzbSFZMVpvxSlWAkqqtHP at the time of writing random_song: true shuffle: true start_volume: 50 entity_id: media_player.kitchen ``` ### Transfer current playback for the account Omitting `uri` will transfer the playback to the specified device. ```yaml - service: spotcast.start data: device_name: "Speaker kitchen" ``` Use the parameter `force_playback` to continue the user's playback even if nothing is currently playing. ```yaml - service: spotcast.start data: device_name: "Speaker kitchen" force_playback: true ``` where: * `device_name` is the friendly name of the chromecast * `force_playback` (optional) true or false, true to continue the user's playback even if nothing is currently playing ### Start playback on a device with non default account ```yaml - service: spotcast.start data: account: "niklas" device_name: "Speaker kitchen" uri: "spotify:playlist:5xddIVAtLrZKtt4YGLM1SQ" ``` 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) ### Start podcast playback Play the latest episode of a given podcast show. ```yaml - service: spotcast.start data: account: "niklas" device_name: "Speaker kitchen" uri: "spotify:show:6PeAI9SHRZhghU7NRPXvT3" ignore_fully_played: true ``` 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, (podcasts use the 'show' uri) * `ignore_fully_played` (optional) true or false, true to ignore already fully played episodes (defaults to false and plays the latest released episode) ## Use the sensor The sensor has the discovered chromecasts as both json and an array of objects. Since v3.4.0 it does not do its own discovery but relies on data from core cast. Add the following to the sensor section of the configuration: ```yaml sensor: - platform: spotcast country: SE ``` The country tag was added in v3.6.24. This tag is optional. If ommited or if you haven't updated the configuration since the update, it will default to "SE" (which it always did before) Sensor name: ```yaml sensor.chromecast_devices ``` Attributes ```yaml devices_json: [ { "name": "Speaker kitchen", "cast_type": "audio", "model_name": "Google Home", "uuid": "xxxxx", "manufacturer": "Google Inc." }, { "name": "Speakers upstairs", "cast_type": "group", "model_name": "Google Cast Group", "uuid": "xxxx", "manufacturer": "Google Inc." }, { "name": "Living room", "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 ``` ## Websocket API The components websocket api. Method: `spotcast/playlist` supporting different `playlist_type`s. * `user`, or `default` for user chosen saved playlists * `featured` for spotify "featured" playlists (not personalized) * `discover-weekly` for personalized "Made for _____" (includes daily mixes) * `recently-played` for "Recently Played" * ... any other `view id` as found in the API at [https://api.spotify.com/v1/views/personalized-recommendations](https://api.spotify.com/v1/views/personalized-recommendations) Example usage: ```python // Retrieve playlists const res = await this.props.hass.callWS({ type: 'spotcast/playlists', playlist_type: 'featured', // 'user' for saved playlists, 'featured' for spotify featured, or personalized view id country_code: 'SV', // Optional country code used by featured playlists limit: 20, // Optional limit, default is 10 account: 'ming' // optional account name }); // Retrieve devices const res = await this.props.hass.callWS({ type: 'spotcast/devices', account: 'ming' // optional account name }); // Retrieve player const res = await this.props.hass.callWS({ type: 'spotcast/player', account: 'ming' // optional account name }); ``` ## Enabling debug log In configuration.yaml for you HA add and attach those the relevant logs. Be sure to disable it later as it is quite noisy. ```yaml logger: default: info logs: custom_components.spotcast: debug ``` ## Contribute Please do! Open a Pull Request with your improvements. This project was made possible by the original creator Niklas Fondberg. All your great work are greatly appreciated. ## License Apache 2.0