Open in Spotify desktop client

CRX ID
okkdbmdhpgmajopdpmflkldkemcldnjd
Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Instead of opening open.spotify.com links in the browser they will always be opened in Spotify

Image from store
Open in Spotify desktop client
Description from store

Open Spotify link in client
===========================

This is a small simple extension that tries to open any
open.spotify.com or play.spotify.com url in the Spotify desktop client
instead of playing it using the Spotify web player. After opening
the desktop client it tries to close the newly opened browser window.

# How

The way the extension works is:

1. If the URL visited is open.spotify.com or play.spotify.com then
2. Don't do anything if the URL contains any of the following, else
- `/embed/`: Embedded playlists
- `/embed?`: Legacy embed playlist format
- `/log/`: Requests to Spotify's analytics
3. Remove the protocol and domain part together with the first slash and
4. Replace those with `spotify:` and
5. Replace the remaining slashes (`/`) with colons (`:`) and
6. Redirect to that URL and
7. Close the tab that opened the URL if it was a newly opened tab

Available in the [Google Chrome web store][store-url]

# Changes
## 1.4.1
* Purely a technical implementation release, switched from using webpack,
in the unreleased 1.4, to relying on [native ES6 modules in the extension.][es6-modules-extension]

[es6-modules-extension]: https://medium.com/front-end-weekly/es6-modules-in-chrome-extensions-an-introduction-313b3fce955b

## 1.4
* Don't touch analytics/log links and legacy embed links.
Thanks [@claui] for the PR.

[@claui]: https://github.com/claui

## 1.3
* Don't touch embedded links, so that websites that embed a playlist
can do so without having Spotify trying to open the link automatically.
Thanks [@shape55] for reporting the issue.

[@shape55]: https://github.com/shape55
## 1.2
* Opens links to user's playlists properly. Thanks for the bug report Robin H.

[store-url]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/open-in-spotify-client/okkdbmdhpgmajopdpmflkldkemcldnjd

Latest reviews

Lukáš Zahradník 2023-04-19

This is awesome.

Lukáš Zahradník 2023-04-19

This is awesome.

Александр Дружинин 2023-04-11

Only that works!

Александр Дружинин 2023-04-11

Only that works!

C 2023-02-14

Works beautifully for me on Windows. Thanks for a solution to an annoying problem

C 2023-02-14

Works beautifully for me on Windows. Thanks for a solution to an annoying problem

perunas86 2022-06-20

not working

perunas86 2022-06-20

not working

Gwen Kortus 2021-09-11

this is way to compliceted for my small brain it might work for other people but what is a FQND part of an URL? lost.

Gwen Kortus 2021-09-11

this is way to compliceted for my small brain it might work for other people but what is a FQND part of an URL? lost.

Cyan Thayn 2021-01-22

Great when it works, but sometimes it incorrectly thinks other links are Spotify links and just stops those pages from loading.

Cyan Thayn 2021-01-22

Great when it works, but sometimes it incorrectly thinks other links are Spotify links and just stops those pages from loading.

Peter Maziak 2020-07-27

Once I disabled this app then links started opening in Spotify. At least on Chrome/MacOS in 2020.

Peter Maziak 2020-07-27

Once I disabled this app then links started opening in Spotify. At least on Chrome/MacOS in 2020.

Nils Ingvarsson 2020-06-24

Sorry, but it didn't work. After installing, the browser won't even open the ordinary link. So it just made things even worse than before... Uninstalling.

Nils Ingvarsson 2020-06-24

Sorry, but it didn't work. After installing, the browser won't even open the ordinary link. So it just made things even worse than before... Uninstalling.

Curtis Powell 2020-03-25

great app

Curtis Powell 2020-03-25

great app

There's Always Another Way 2020-02-18

does what it says it does, thanks!

There's Always Another Way 2020-02-18

does what it says it does, thanks!

Lisa 2019-11-23

It doesnt work for me, because i have to click "open in spotify" in the popup, but it disappears before i can do that. I dont know if the extension author can change that, is there maybe a fix? (Typing spotify: in the adressbar and clicking on "Open Spotify" doesnt work for me, i will get asked that again when i want to open another link)

Quinn 2019-11-23

It doesnt work for me, because i have to click "open in spotify" in the popup, but it disappears before i can do that. I dont know if the extension author can change that, is there maybe a fix? (Typing spotify: in the adressbar and clicking on "Open Spotify" doesnt work for me, i will get asked that again when i want to open another link)

Konstantin Knaab-Hinrichs 2019-10-11

recently Chrome has a popup for the user to accept forwardings to another app on the computer. The extension closes the page before we can accept this for all future links.

Konstantin Knaab-Hinrichs 2019-10-11

recently Chrome has a popup for the user to accept forwardings to another app on the computer. The extension closes the page before we can accept this for all future links.

Ross Topol 2018-11-30

Great extension but you have to do a little hack to get it work on MacOS. If the extension appears to do nothing for you, type spotify: in the browser and hit Enter. Tick the box to allow Chrome to always open Spotify without asking. Finally, click Open Spotify to confirm. Should work after you do that.

Ross Topol 2018-11-30

Great extension but you have to do a little hack to get it work on MacOS. If the extension appears to do nothing for you, type spotify: in the browser and hit Enter. Tick the box to allow Chrome to always open Spotify without asking. Finally, click Open Spotify to confirm. Should work after you do that.

Berg Lloyd-Haig 2018-09-03

Didn't work for me in Linux, need to click a confirmation box but can't because the newtab disappears before hand.

Berg Lloyd-Haig 2018-09-03

Didn't work for me in Linux, need to click a confirmation box but can't because the newtab disappears before hand.

Sam Friedman 2018-07-20

Works, but doesn't close the tab afterwards.

Sam Friedman 2018-07-20

Works, but doesn't close the tab afterwards.

red9350 2018-02-28

Still working in 2018 as of now

red9350 2018-02-28

Still working in 2018 as of now

Chris Liu 2017-11-30

This was a good app, but is rendered obsolete with the Spotify client's own hooks.

Chris Liu 2017-11-30

This was a good app, but is rendered obsolete with the Spotify client's own hooks.

Haven 2017-09-14

This was S**T it just takes you to the place that you added it

Haven 2017-09-14

This was S**T it just takes you to the place that you added it

default user 2017-05-29

geez, thanks!

default user 2017-05-29

geez, thanks!

Neil Angelo 2017-03-05

It does not work.

Neil Angelo 2017-03-05

It does not work.

Hyen Tech 2016-12-21

HOLY **** IT ACTUALLY WORKS

Hyen Tech 2016-12-21

HOLY **** IT ACTUALLY WORKS

Anonymous 2016-12-05

Doesn't work (on Mac)

Anonymous 2016-12-05

Doesn't work (on Mac)

Dominic Peters 2015-12-09

Works for me. Wish it could also bring the desktop client to the foreground after opening the link.

Dominic Peters 2015-12-09

Works for me. Wish it could also bring the desktop client to the foreground after opening the link.

Andre Felippa 2015-12-06

Not working... new tab disappears too fast

Andre Felippa 2015-12-06

Not working... new tab disappears too fast

Nicolas B. 2015-11-18

This addon works perfectly. Great job! :)

Nicolas B. 2015-11-18

This addon works perfectly. Great job! :)

Statistics

Installs
1,000
Market
Chrome Web Store
Rating
3.84 (38 votes)
Last update
2022-06-06
Version 1.4.1
Languages
en