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Updated raspotify config steps #178

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Expand Up @@ -21,18 +21,32 @@ This skill works with the Spotify Connect protocol to interact with Spotify devi

For Picroft users, [raspotify](https://github.com/dtcooper/raspotify) is a good choice.

Install it and then make changes to `/etc/default/raspotify` as follows
Install it and then make changes to `/etc/raspotify/conf` as follows

- It is recommended to set the DEVICE_NAME to the name of the Mycroft unit (as registered at home.mycroft.ai) for automatic identification:
- It is recommended to set the LIBRESPOT_NAME to the name of the Mycroft unit (as registered at home.mycroft.ai) for automatic identification:

`DEVICE_NAME="<My Mycroft Unit>"
```
# Device name.
# Raspotify defaults to "raspotify (*hostname)".
# Librespot defaults to "Librespot".
LIBRESPOT_NAME="<My Mycroft Unit>"
```

- You can set your Spotify username and password under `LIBRESPOT_USERNAME` and `LIBRESPOT_PASSWORD`

- set your Spotify username and password under `OPTIONS`
***NOTE: It is no longer necessary to add your Spotify credentials to raspotify/librespot unless you want to control raspotify from a different network***

`OPTIONS="--username <My Username> --password <My Password>"`
```
# Username used to sign in with.
# Credentials are not required if LIBRESPOT_DISABLE_DISCOVERY is not set.
LIBRESPOT_USERNAME="<My Username>"

# Password used to sign in with.
LIBRESPOT_PASSWORD="<My password>"
```


You make sound work with raspotify you may need to edit `/lib/systemd/system/raspotify.service` and there change `User` and `Group` from `raspotify`to `pi`.
To make sound work with raspotify you may need to edit `/lib/systemd/system/raspotify.service` and there change `User` and `Group` from `raspotify`to `pi`.


For desktop users the official spotify player works well.
Expand All @@ -52,7 +66,7 @@ From the [Spotify developer dashboard](https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/)
1. Click on the new app and choose EDIT SETTINGS
1. Under Redirect URIs add `https://localhost:8888`

More info can be found [here](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/app-settings/).
More info can be found [here](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/general/guides/authorization/app-settings/).

The config will by default be stored in the `XDG_CONFIG` directory, which is often `~/.config`, so by default the generated files are found in `~/.config/spotipy/`. If you wish to use another directory you can set the environment variable `SPOTIFY_SKILL_CREDS_DIR` to the directory where you'd like to store the config. This is useful when running in docker for example.

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