Create a plugin for Spotify (libspotify)

[DeepThought]

Since the developers of Spotify has (finally) released an API called libspotify, I'd love to see a plugin that implements the Spotify service into Exaile.

For more info:
http://developer.spotify.com/en/libspotify/overview/

Also, I've put a thread in the forums:
http://www.exaile.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=574

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Unfortunately this is not possible due to several reasons.

1) Reading the API, seems like this is too difficult without a GStreamer plugin.
2) Spotify is invitation-only, so it can't be tested by most people.
3) Spotify's restrictive terms of use regarding API keys [1]: "The Application Key must be embedded in your Application ... in a secure manner not accessible by third parties.". All of Exaile's source code is available for anyone to look at, so it can't fulfill this requirement.
4) libspotify is non-free; Exaile can't use it due to licence incompatibility.

[1] http://developer.spotify.com/en/libspotify/terms-of-use/

[DeepThought (verkligheten)]

Ah. That's really a shame.. I wish Spotify could be "good" since I find it mostly a nice project (in terms of theory and concept), but they seem to miss the target and turn out "ugly" in the end anyway.

Thanks for investigating, at least!

[Andrew M. (ender-neo)]

Any way to get this reopened in light of "spotify is no longer invitation only" and "despotify (http://despotify.se/) provides a reasonable API?"

[reacocard (reacocard)]

Despotify, while interesting, appears to be on questionable legal ground, so I don't think it provides a suitable answer at this point.