Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: spotify_monitor
Version: 3.1
Summary: Track Spotify friends' music activity in real time with auto-playback, skipped tracks detection and instant notifications
Author-email: Michal Szymanski <misiektoja-pypi@rm-rf.ninja>
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# spotify_monitor

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Powerful real-time tracker for Spotify friend music activity: monitor listening habits, auto-sync playback to your local client, detect skipped tracks and receive instant notifications for every beat your friends play.

<p align="center">
   <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/misiektoja/spotify_monitor/refs/heads/main/assets/spotify_monitor.png" alt="spotify_monitor_screenshot" width="90%"/>
</p>

<a id="-quick-install-run"></a>
### 🚀 Quick Install & Run

#### Python from PyPI

```sh
pip install spotify_monitor
```

Run setup by itself:

```sh
spotify_monitor --setup
```

#### Docker image - fastest container setup

##### macOS or Windows

Use a macOS shell or Windows PowerShell with a Docker-compatible runtime that provides the `docker` CLI.

```sh
docker run --rm --pull=always -it --init -v "${PWD}:/data:z" misiektoja/spotify-monitor:latest --setup
```

After setup finishes, start monitoring with the files created by the wizard:

```sh
docker run --rm -it --init -v "${PWD}:/data:z" misiektoja/spotify-monitor:latest --config-file /data/spotify_monitor.conf
```

The setup command pulls the current image. Both commands keep configuration, private values and output in the current directory.

In Windows Command Prompt replace `${PWD}` with `%cd%`. Windows hosts must use Linux containers.

##### Linux

`--user "$(id -u):$(id -g)"` runs the container with your numeric user and group IDs. This lets the container write files that your host account can edit.

```sh
docker run --rm --pull=always -it --init --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "$PWD:/data:z" misiektoja/spotify-monitor:latest --setup
```

After setup finishes, start monitoring:

```sh
docker run --rm -it --init --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "$PWD:/data:z" misiektoja/spotify-monitor:latest --config-file /data/spotify_monitor.conf
```

#### Docker Compose - shorter recurring commands

Download the Compose file:

```sh
curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/misiektoja/spotify_monitor/refs/heads/main/docker-compose.yml
```

Linux container engine requires to export your numeric user ID and group ID so files created in the current directory belong to you instead of `root`.

```sh
export SPOTIFY_MONITOR_UID="$(id -u)"
export SPOTIFY_MONITOR_GID="$(id -g)"
```

Docker-compatible runtimes on macOS and Windows normally do not need these values.

Run setup by itself:

```sh
docker compose run --rm --pull=always spotify_monitor --setup
```

After setup finishes, start monitoring with the shorter recurring command:

```sh
docker compose up --no-log-prefix
```

For the manual single-file method, optional extras and upgrade commands for every method, see [Installation](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/installation/).

<a id="features"></a>
## Features

### 🔍 Real-time Tracking
- **Friend Activity**: Monitor songs listened by Spotify users in real-time.
- **Presence Detection**: Detect when friends get **online** or **offline**.
- **Session Stats**: Display **duration, track counts** and **songs on loop**.

### 🎮 Playback Control
- **Auto-Sync**: Automatically **play friends' songs** in your local Spotify client.
- **Smart Pause**: **Pause** or **switch** tracks when the monitored user goes offline.
- **Crossfade Support**: Detect and annotate **crossfaded songs** during transitions.

### 📊 Rich Insights
- **Track Context**: View **playlist, artist** and **album info** with clickable URLs.
- **Skip Detection**: Identify exactly when and how long a song was played.
- **Global Search**: Instant links to **Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Tidal, lyrics** and more.

### 🔔 Smart Notifications
- **Multi-Channel**: Instant alerts via **Email** and **Webhooks** (**Discord**, **ntfy** etc.).
- **Detailed Alerts**: Choose activity, tracked-song, every-song, loop and error alerts.
- **Session Summaries**: Receive detailed reports when a friend finishes a session.
- **Error Reporting**: Be notified if the monitoring process hits a snag.

### ⚙️ Power Features
- **Auth Flexibility**: Cookie or Desktop Client access with automatic web-player metadata fallback and optional legacy OAuth app support.
- **CSV Logging**: Save every listened song with full timestamps to a CSV file.
- **Flexible Config**: Support for files, dotenv and environment variables.
- **Signal Control**: Manage the running script via system signals (macOS/Linux).
- **Docker Ready**: Run through Docker Hub, Docker Compose or a local image with persistent configuration, secrets and output.

<p align="center">
   <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/misiektoja/spotify_monitor/refs/heads/main/assets/spotify_monitor_skipped.png" alt="spotify_monitor_skipped" width="90%"/>
</p>

For pause and resume tracking, progress indicators and offline mode, see [lastfm_monitor](https://github.com/misiektoja/lastfm_monitor).

For Spotify profile and playlist change tracking, see [spotify_profile_monitor](https://github.com/misiektoja/spotify_profile_monitor).

For Spotify Web Player token and TOTP utilities, see [Debugging Tools](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/debugging/#debugging-tools).

<a id="documentation"></a>
## Documentation

Full documentation is available at **[misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/)**:

- [Installation](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/installation/) - PyPI, manual script, Docker installation and upgrades
- [Quick Start](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/quick-start/) - setup wizard, authentication and first run
- [Configuration](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/configuration/) - Spotify login, targets, SMTP, webhooks and secrets
- [Usage](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/usage/) - command formats, monitoring, container operation, notifications, playback and output
- [Troubleshooting](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/troubleshooting/) - the `--doctor` self-check and logging levels
- [Debugging Tools](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/debugging/) - TOTP token testing and secret extraction

<a id="quick-start"></a>
## Quick Start

<a id="new-here-run-the-setup-wizard"></a>
### New here? Run the setup wizard

The fastest way to get started is `--setup`. It asks who to monitor, how to connect to Spotify and which alerts you want then saves a ready-to-run configuration. Private values stay in `.env`.

If Spotify Monitor is not installed yet, use [Quick Install & Run](#-quick-install-run) above or choose a method in the full [Installation guide](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/installation/). Then use only the setup command that matches that installation.

```sh
# PyPI install
spotify_monitor --setup
```

```sh
# Manual Python script on macOS or Linux
python3 spotify_monitor.py --setup
```

```powershell
# Manual Python script on Windows
python spotify_monitor.py --setup
```

```sh
# Docker image on macOS or Windows
docker run --rm --pull=always -it --init -v "${PWD}:/data:z" misiektoja/spotify-monitor:latest --setup
```

```sh
# Docker image on Linux
docker run --rm --pull=always -it --init --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "$PWD:/data:z" misiektoja/spotify-monitor:latest --setup
```

For Docker Compose, run setup from the directory that contains the downloaded `docker-compose.yml`. On a native Linux container engine, run these shell commands in the same terminal immediately before setup unless the variables are already set there or you saved the numeric values in the Compose `.env` file during installation. For permanent project values, use the numeric `.env` form in the full [Installation guide](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/installation/#docker-compose). Docker-compatible runtimes on macOS and Windows should skip this export block.

```sh
# Docker Compose on native Linux only
export SPOTIFY_MONITOR_UID="$(id -u)"
export SPOTIFY_MONITOR_GID="$(id -g)"
```

```sh
# Docker Compose
docker compose run --rm --pull=always spotify_monitor --setup
```

Running the tool with no arguments offers the wizard if you have not saved a target. If a target is already saved, it starts monitoring that target. The wizard detects the installation method and shows matching commands.

<a id="before-monitoring"></a>
### Before monitoring

Spotify only shows a person's listening activity when both of these conditions are met:

1. The Spotify account used by Spotify Monitor follows the person you want to monitor.
2. That person has enabled listening activity sharing in Spotify.

The setup wizard checks whether the monitoring account follows the target. It can send the follow request after you confirm. To follow manually, open the target's profile in the Spotify desktop or mobile app. You can use **Share** > **Copy link to profile** and paste the complete link into the wizard. You do not need to extract the user ID. See [Following the Monitored User](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/configuration/#following-the-monitored-user).

Firefox import is the recommended login path for local and container installs. Docker setup asks for the host operating system then asks for the Firefox package or Windows shell when needed. It prints a matching one-time read-only import command for macOS, Linux, Windows PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt. Later runs reuse the cookie saved in `.env`. Hidden manual `sp_dc` entry remains available as a fallback. See [Container Operation](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/usage/#import-firefox-into-container-authentication) or the [full Quick Start guide](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/quick-start/) for details.

<a id="not-sure-which-command-you-need"></a>
### Not sure which command you need?

| I want to... | Run this |
| --- | --- |
| Set up Spotify Monitor for the first time | Use the setup command for your installation above |
| Start monitoring with existing authentication | `spotify_monitor TARGET`, where `TARGET` is a raw ID, `spotify:user:` URI or profile URL |
| Start a target saved as `TARGET_USER_URI_ID` | `spotify_monitor --config-file spotify_monitor.conf` or `docker compose up --no-log-prefix` |
| Check authentication, connectivity and one target | `spotify_monitor --doctor TARGET` |
| List Spotify friends visible to the configured account | `spotify_monitor --list-friends` |
| Import a Spotify login from Firefox | Open [Spotify Web Player](https://open.spotify.com/) in Firefox, sign in then run `spotify_monitor --import-browser-cookie --browser firefox` |
| Safely set or replace `SP_DC_COOKIE` | Run `spotify_monitor --set-sp-dc` and enter `sp_dc` at the hidden prompt |
| Configure and test webhook alerts | Use the setup wizard or follow [Webhook Settings](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/configuration/#webhook-settings) |

The short `docker compose up` command uses the default config and dotenv paths. Setup prints an explicit `docker compose run` command when you choose another path.

For complete copy-paste commands for every installation method, see [Run Individual Commands](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/quick-start/#run-individual-commands).

For browser profiles, manual cookie extraction, Docker authentication, email and webhook setup, see [Configuration](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/configuration/). For notification choices, playback controls and output files, see [Usage](https://misiektoja.github.io/spotify_monitor/usage/).

<a id="change-log"></a>
## Change Log

See [RELEASE_NOTES.md](https://github.com/misiektoja/spotify_monitor/blob/main/RELEASE_NOTES.md) for details.

<a id="maintainers"></a>
## Maintainers

- **misiektoja** ([@misiektoja](https://github.com/misiektoja))
- **tomballgithub** ([@tomballgithub](https://github.com/tomballgithub))

<a id="license"></a>
## License

Licensed under GPLv3. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/misiektoja/spotify_monitor/blob/main/LICENSE).
