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The Naughty Otter
The Naughty Otter

Reputation: 449

In-Spotify Apps: What to do?

with regards to the shutting down of In-Spotify Apps (you know, the ones that show up in App Finder for premium users?) I am wondering how to migrate away?

The in-spotify apps allow for some cool use-cases (I have a number of apps, that I use, as well as some that I have developed) which will be lost now. Is there any way forward, about all I can think of is building an entire Spotify client with libspotify and/or the mobile SDKs, and include my extra functionality in there?

Have I missed something?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 251

Answers (2)

Michael Thelin
Michael Thelin

Reputation: 4830

This isn't really a question that could be answered like a programming question, so I don't expect a 'Correct Answer' for this response. ;-)

If you believe that there's enough value in maintaining a Spotify client that allows third-party integrations to live inside it, I think you should go for it. Libspotify and the mobile SDKs should be enough, but I can imagine that it's a lot of work to create and maintain it.

There's a Web Player-like application at http://lab.possan.se/thirtify/#/ (Source code) that's only using the Web API. Since the Web API only supports 30 second previews of tracks, the application won't do playback of full tracks. Hopefully this restriction is an issue that can be solved soon.

The purpose of the Web API, Libspotify, and the mobile SDKs is that developers would work without the restrictions set by Spotify's clients. A lot of the applications that were available in the desktop client could be rebuilt using the Web API, or even better, as mobile applications. The only drawback is that they won't be discoverable through Spotify's desktop client. The Spotify Apps API also supported some functionality that isn't offered in the Web API, most importantly playback of full tracks. Regarding the discoverability, there's a Developer Showcase where Spotify shows off good examples of third-party integrations. Admittedly, more could be done to make smaller third-party apps discoverable.

To conclude, I don't really mind third-party applications not being available in the desktop client, but I think Spotify or its developer community could do more to improve the discoverability of these applications.

Upvotes: 1

fxb
fxb

Reputation: 141

Without knowing what your exact use cases are, it is hard to say which alternatives exist, if any. Did you have a look at the Spotify Web API?

Upvotes: 2

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