MMM-Spotify having trouble with authentification

[Jack_Gregorski]

I am trying to install the MMM-Spotify module onto my magic mirror. I follow the steps on the github page and everything seems to be working up until the authentication stage. The Spotify popup opens after I run the node first_auth.js command in the terminal, but when I click allow in the new webpage I get an error, “This site can’t be reached localhost refused to connect.” Any ideas on how to fix this, any help would be appreciated.

[Fozi]

@Jack_Gregorski Are you using a free or premium account? The free account will not work. See https://github.com/skuethe/MMM-Spotify#restrictions

[sdetweil]

@Jack_Gregorski on the redirect url in the Spotify config did you use http://localhost:8888/callback

as per the readme?

that url should show on the error page

[sdetweil]

@Jack_Gregorski ok, i see the same thing…

workaround
change Spotify.js
from

line 249-250

    let file = path.resolve(__dirname, this.config.TOKEN)
    let waitForFileTimeout = 0

to

    let file = path.resolve(__dirname, this.config.TOKEN)
    let waitForFileTimeout = 60*1000

basically the code sets up the server to listen for the callback, but doesn’t wait for you to interact with the web page

opened issue
https://github.com/skuethe/MMM-Spotify/issues/192