Spotify Connect on Dubolt

So when Dubolt launched, I was relying on Spotify's html widget. At the time, the widget accepted an arbitrary tracklist, allowing users to preview what their playlists would be like without needing to save them first.

Unfortunately, the widget stopped accepting the arbitrary tracklists and blew open a hole in Dubolt's UX.

Thankfully, Spotify opened up a new API that allows you control playback on clients using Spotify Connect. And so, tracklist playback is back on Dubolt, if you have a premium Spotify account. For non-premium users, saving the playlist will still generate an embed.

I'm very hopeful people will get a lot of use out of this new feature, and I encourage everyone to try the feature. I might have to tweak a few things depending on what the API usage is like, but I've been using this feature in development for a bit over a month now and it's been a real boon to my use of Spotify.

Find the music for your mood now on Dubolt: https://dubolt.com

Posted on Oct 2, 2017
Jae Hanley
Product Designer & Web Developer based in NYC

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