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vscode-spotify

Use Spotify inside vscode. Provides integration with Spotify Desktop client.

Note that some of the functionalities are only available on macOS systems (see How it works section)

This extension requires Spotify Premium to work on Windows

How it works

• On macOS, this extension uses spotify-node-applescript (basically a wrapper for the official Spotify AppleScript API) to communicate with Spotify.
• On Windows, it extension uses the Spotify Web API.
• On Linux, it uses a combination of dbus and pactl.

Spotify Web API implementation can be used on any platform, but it does have some drawbacks:

• It doesn't work without internet connection (Linux and OS X implementations do).
• Full functionality is only available to Spotify Premium users.
• API calls are rate limited.

At the same time it provides tighter integration and it's more or less future proofed.

Features

• Shows the currently playing song in the vscode status bar.
• Provides commands for controlling Spotify from vscode.
• Provides hotkeys of commands.
• Provides buttons for controlling Spotify from vscode.

Compatibility table

Feature	macOS	Linux	Any Platform (only option on Windows) Web API
Works Offline	✅	✅	❌
Show Current Song	✅	✅	✅
Play Next Song	✅	✅	✅
Play Previous Song	✅	✅	✅
Play	✅	✅	✅
Pause	✅	✅	✅
Play Pause	✅	✅	✅
Mute Volume	✅	✅	✅
Unmute Volume	✅	✅	✅
Mute Unmute Volume	✅	✅	✅
Volume Up	✅	✅	✅
Volume Down	✅	✅	✅
Toggle Repeating	✅	(shows repeating state) ⭕	✅
Toggle Shuffling	✅	(shows shuffling state) ⭕	✅
Lyrics	✅	✅	✅

Additional Web API features:

• Playlists/tracks selection. Make sure you have logged in with the command >Spotify Sign In to use these features. You can open the Virtual Studio Code command line with the hotkey Ctrl+P by default.

Contributing

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome, any contributions made will be recognised in the README.

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