Open in Spotify desktop client icon

Open in Spotify desktop client

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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

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Open in Spotify desktop client
Description from store

Open Spotify link in client
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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
This is awesome.
Lukáš Zahradník
This is awesome.
Александр Дружинин
Only that works!
Александр Дружинин
Only that works!
C
Works beautifully for me on Windows. Thanks for a solution to an annoying problem
C
Works beautifully for me on Windows. Thanks for a solution to an annoying problem
perunas86
not working
perunas86
not working
Gwen Kortus
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
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
Great when it works, but sometimes it incorrectly thinks other links are Spotify links and just stops those pages from loading.
Cyan Thayn
Great when it works, but sometimes it incorrectly thinks other links are Spotify links and just stops those pages from loading.
Peter Maziak
Once I disabled this app then links started opening in Spotify. At least on Chrome/MacOS in 2020.
Peter Maziak
Once I disabled this app then links started opening in Spotify. At least on Chrome/MacOS in 2020.
Nils Ingvarsson
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
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
great app
Curtis Powell
great app
There's Always Another Way
does what it says it does, thanks!
There's Always Another Way
does what it says it does, thanks!
Lisa
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Didn't work for me in Linux, need to click a confirmation box but can't because the newtab disappears before hand.
Sam Friedman
Works, but doesn't close the tab afterwards.
Sam Friedman
Works, but doesn't close the tab afterwards.
red9350
Still working in 2018 as of now
red9350
Still working in 2018 as of now
Chris Liu
This was a good app, but is rendered obsolete with the Spotify client's own hooks.
Chris Liu
This was a good app, but is rendered obsolete with the Spotify client's own hooks.
Haven
This was S**T it just takes you to the place that you added it
Haven
This was S**T it just takes you to the place that you added it
default user
geez, thanks!
default user
geez, thanks!
Neil Angelo
It does not work.
Neil Angelo
It does not work.
Hyen Tech
HOLY **** IT ACTUALLY WORKS
Hyen Tech
HOLY **** IT ACTUALLY WORKS
Anonymous
Doesn't work (on Mac)
Anonymous
Doesn't work (on Mac)
Dominic Peters
Works for me. Wish it could also bring the desktop client to the foreground after opening the link.
Dominic Peters
Works for me. Wish it could also bring the desktop client to the foreground after opening the link.
Andre Felippa
Not working... new tab disappears too fast
Andre Felippa
Not working... new tab disappears too fast
Nicolas B.
This addon works perfectly. Great job! :)
Nicolas B.
This addon works perfectly. Great job! :)