spotify

name	spotify
description	Play, pause, skip, search and control Spotify playback. Requires Spotify OAuth. Tools: http, intent, accessibility (only for NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE recovery).

Spotify Skill

Control Spotify playback via the Web API and app intents.

Tool: http (Spotify Web API)

All requests require auth_provider: "spotify".

Base URL: https://api.spotify.com/v1

Get currently playing track

{
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/currently-playing",
  "auth_provider": "spotify"
}

Start/resume playback

{
  "method": "PUT",
  "url": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play",
  "auth_provider": "spotify"
}

Pause playback

{
  "method": "PUT",
  "url": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/pause",
  "auth_provider": "spotify"
}

Next track

{
  "method": "POST",
  "url": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/next",
  "auth_provider": "spotify"
}

Previous track

{
  "method": "POST",
  "url": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/previous",
  "auth_provider": "spotify"
}

Search for music

{
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q={SEARCH_TERM}&type=track,artist,playlist&limit=5",
  "auth_provider": "spotify"
}

Play track/artist/playlist (after search)

{
  "method": "PUT",
  "url": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/play",
  "auth_provider": "spotify",
  "body": {
    "context_uri": "spotify:artist:{ARTIST_ID}"
  }
}

Or for individual tracks:

{
  "body": {
    "uris": ["spotify:track:{TRACK_ID}"]
  }
}

Set volume (0-100)

{
  "method": "PUT",
  "url": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/volume?volume_percent={0-100}",
  "auth_provider": "spotify"
}

Tool: intent (open Spotify app directly)

{
  "action": "android.intent.action.VIEW",
  "uri": "spotify:track:{TRACK_ID}",
  "package": "com.spotify.music"
}

Tool: accessibility (ONLY for NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE errors)

IMPORTANT: Use accessibility ONLY when the Web API returns a NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE error (HTTP 404 with "reason": "NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE"). All other actions (pause, next, previous, volume, search, play specific tracks) MUST be done via the Web API.

When to use: NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE

If any playback API call returns HTTP 404 / NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE, Spotify has no active player on any device. Fix this by opening Spotify and selecting this phone as the active device:

{
  "package_name": "com.spotify.music",
  "goal": "Open Spotify. In the mini-player bar at the bottom of the screen, tap the devices/connect icon (the monitor icon to the left of the + button). A bottom sheet titled 'Connect' will appear. In that sheet, tap the first row that shows a smartphone icon – it represents this phone (labeled 'Dieses Smartphone' in German or 'This phone' / 'This device' in English). Tap it to activate playback on this device."
}

After the accessibility tool completes, immediately retry the original API play call (with the same URI/body as before).

Note: Once this phone is selected as the active device, all further control (pause, next, previous, volume) should be done via the Web API, NOT via accessibility.

Workflow: Play music

1. Search for artist/song using http
2. Get context URI or track URI from search results
3. Call play endpoint with the URI
   • If response is HTTP 404 / NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE: use the accessibility tool (see above) to activate this phone, then retry the play call
4. Confirm with spoken response: "Now playing {Artist} - {Track}"

Workflow: Resume playback

1. Call PUT /me/player/play (no body) to resume
   • If HTTP 404 / NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE: use the accessibility tool to activate this phone, then retry

Examples

• "Play Rammstein" → Search + artist URI + play (via API)
• "Next song" → POST /me/player/next (via API)
• "Pause" → PUT /me/player/pause (via API)
• "What's playing?" → GET /me/player/currently-playing + TTS (via API)
• "Louder" → Get current volume + increase + set volume (via API)
• "Resume playback" / "Continue playing" → PUT /me/player/play → if NO_ACTIVE_DEVICE: accessibility tool to select this phone, then retry