MMM-Spotify

Cr4z33

@Sean oh OK. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

I ran npm start, but unfortunately no error came up.

Same thing for PM2 logs.

At the end I tried to delete and reinstall MMM-Spotify, but the issue is still happening.

By the way this is my current config entry:

		{
			module: "MMM-Spotify",
			position: "top_left",
			disabled: false,
			config: {
				onStart: null, // disable onStart feature with `null`
				// allowDevices: ["Cr4z33 Mirror"],
				control: "hidden", //"default", "hidden" available
				}
		},

A Former User

@Cr4z33
Try it without any config (default setup).
And nothing in log? Not only Error but also normal log can help to examine.
At least these(or similar) logs should be shown.

Connecting socket for: MMM-Spotify

[SPOTIFY_AUTH] Token is expired. It will be refreshed
[SPOTIFY_AUTH] Token refreshing...
[SPOTIFY_AUTH] Token is written.
## or
[SPOTIFY_AUTH] Token is fresh.

Cr4z33

@Sean OK here is the console log output of default config with above module entry.
Please note that I also launched Spotify playing (after launching MM).

npm start

> magicmirror@2.7.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh

Starting MagicMirror: v2.7.1
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
No helper found for module: alert.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: MMM-Spotify
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: clock.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: calendar
No helper found for module: compliments.
No helper found for module: currentweather.
No helper found for module: weatherforecast.
Initializing new module helper ...
Module helper loaded: newsfeed
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 ... 
Server started ...
Connecting socket for: MMM-Spotify
[SPOTIFY_AUTH] Token is fresh.
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Connecting socket for: calendar
Starting node helper for: calendar
Connecting socket for: newsfeed
Starting module: newsfeed
Sockets connected & modules started ...
Launching application.
Create new calendar fetcher for url: http://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics - Interval: 300000
Create new news fetcher for url: http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml - Interval: 300000

A Former User

@Cr4z33
Hmmm weird. It seems nothing special suspicious point at all.
The only thing I suspect is that you are using different account on MMM-Spotify and your real spotify player. but i think it would have bare chance.
Try onStart to activate it by force, at least it would show some errors.

onStart: {
    device: null,
    search: {
      type: "playlist",       
      keyword: "death metal",
      random:true,
    }
  }

Cr4z33

@Sean tried this config

		{
			module: "MMM-Spotify",
			position: "top_left",
			disabled: false,
			config: {
				// onStart: null, // disable onStart feature with `null`
				// allowDevices: ["Cr4z33 Mirror"],
				control: "hidden", //"default", "hidden" available
				}
		},

and the white big Spotify logo came up at MM loading and then disappeared.

Isn’t it enough to // onStart line to let the module show all the time? :thinking_face:

Cr4z33

@Sean said in MMM-Spotify:

The only thing I suspect is that you are using different account on MMM-Spotify and your real spotify player.

Even if wasn’t the token OK at MM loading log?

A Former User

@Cr4z33 said in MMM-Spotify:

The only thing I suspect is that you are using different account on MMM-Spotify and your real spotify player.

Even if wasn’t the token OK at MM loading log?

Token might be OK with different account, but if different account is used, it cannot derive current playback info. (You cannot get spotify info from your friend’s account playback with your account). Have you several accounts for spotify?

A Former User

@Cr4z33 said in MMM-Spotify:

white big Spotify logo came up at MM loading and then disappeared.

This is normal. Unless you should customize CSS, with no playback, the module will be disappeared by default. (Some PPL have wanted so I added that feature.)
When playing on any Spotify player starts, module will be appeared. (If it can get current playback info from server)

Cr4z33

@Sean OK so to be 100% sure everything is set properly I start installing the module from scratch again generating once more the JSON file and the token.

Cr4z33

@Sean working now!

For some reason previous installation generated a token without .JSON at the end (I know because I made a backup on the Desktop) while this time it was generated properly!

Thanks for your support anyway. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

mmmmh

@Sean Is it intentional that the z-index of the artwork (or the Spotify logo) is equal to or higher than whatever the Alert module shows? Alerts do not cover the Spotify module’s content.

A Former User

@mmmmh not intentional. i rarely use alert module, so i didnt know about it. if you can make PR to fix it, feel free to contribute.

larrougos

Hi all! i ve set a config as

SPOTIFY_MA_PLAYLIST: {
            notificationExec: {
                notification: "SPOTIFY_PLAY",
                payload: (params) => {
                    console.log("SPOTIFY_MA_PLAYLIST")
                    return {
                        context_uri: "spotify:playlist:1EaTnmluBfauzzcOdjebNG", // Uri of a personnal playlist or album
                    }
                },
                notification: "SPOTIFY_SHUFFLE", // added this to toogle shuffle
                notification: "SPOTIFY_NEXT" // added this to not always have the same song starting first 
            }
        },

and activate it with

SPOTIFY_MA_PLAYLIST: {
            pattern: "play my playlist on spotify", // (.*)  is an action  eg: play my playlist / run my playlist etc... 
            command: "SPOTIFY_MA_PLAYLIST"
        },

but every time i get this result which is very weird
weird response

any ideas plz?

A Former User

@larrougos
It seems MMM-AssistantMk2’s commands.
You made some mistakes.

This is somewhat similar what you want.

"SPOTIFY_MA_PLAYLIST": {
  notificationExec: {
    notification: "SPOTIFY_PLAY",
    payload: "spotify:playlist:1EaTnmluBfauzzcOdjebNG"
  }
}

notificationExec cannot emit multiple notifications. It will emit just one - In your case, the last “SPOTIFY_NEXT” would be emitted. that’s why your issue happened.

If you want to emit several notifications, use MMM-NotificationTrigger to relay and chain notifications. Or you can use moduleExec to make some logics. (Anyway that is not the point).

And SPOTIFY_SHUFFLE is just toggle flag for current status, so it will not guarantee to be a shuffle mode.

larrougos

@Sean said in MMM-Spotify:

@larrougos
It seems MMM-AssistantMk2’s commands.
You made some mistakes.

This is somewhat similar what you want.
"SPOTIFY_MA_PLAYLIST": {
  notificationExec: {
    notification: "SPOTIFY_PLAY",
    payload: "spotify:playlist:1EaTnmluBfauzzcOdjebNG"
  }
}
notificationExec cannot emit multiple notifications. It will emit just one - In your case, the last “SPOTIFY_NEXT” would be emitted. that’s why your issue happened.

If you want to emit several notifications, use MMM-NotificationTrigger to relay and chain notifications. Or you can use moduleExec to make some logics. (Anyway that is not the point).

And SPOTIFY_SHUFFLE is just toggle flag for current status, so it will not guarantee to be a shuffle mode.

ok!! thats a start! can you please help me with that! i mean how this should have a proper syntax! i would really appreciate.

Also another problem that i have is that if spotify is not already playing in the background i am not able to play anything. whatever command i give. and the frontend does not even show the spotify logo. it just disappears on after one sec on start.

A Former User

@larrougos

Also another problem that i have is that if spotify is not already playing in the background i am not able to play anything. whatever command i give. and the frontend does not even show the spotify logo. it just disappears on after one sec on start.

In that case, maybe, the module cannot find available active devices. It doesn’t mean you have no device. But by default, Spotify doesn’t know which device is yours unless it is powered and logged as your account.
So at least one of your devices need to be activated when this SDK is used. I recommend to install Raspotify, that could makes your spotify always on.

larrougos

@Sean said in MMM-Spotify:

@larrougos

Also another problem that i have is that if spotify is not already playing in the background i am not able to play anything. whatever command i give. and the frontend does not even show the spotify logo. it just disappears on after one sec on start.

In that case, maybe, the module cannot find available active devices. It doesn’t mean you have no device. But by default, Spotify doesn’t know which device is yours unless it is powered and logged as your account.
So at least one of your devices need to be activated when this SDK is used. I recommend to install Raspotify, that could makes your spotify always on.

i am running from ubuntu laptop with Spotify application! i tried with raspotify to install but from what i understood it does not support the laptop arch!

rabbit83ka

First of all thanks for the module and the effort you put in it.

@Sean said in MMM-Spotify:

updated

1.1.0 (2019-03-25)

Device Limitation : Now you can allow or limit devices to display its playing on MM.

One question regarding the device limitation: if I leave it empty, the module shows the cover etc. as it should. If I try to limit it to my echo dot with

 allowDevices: ["myechodot"],

the spotify logo appears if I start playback on the echo dot, but no cover etc. is shown. Any hints?

A Former User

@rabbit83ka
When you play something on your echodot, nothing been displayed?

rabbit83ka

@Sean
If I comment out

//allwoeDevices: ["myechodot" ]

it shows the album cover/etx/progress etc. when I play something on my echo dot. With

 allowDevices: ["myechodot"],

the spotify logo appears when something is played on the echodot, but no cover/text/progress etc. is shown.