ppkantorski / SkipSpotifyAds

Skip Spotify Ads on macOS with Python

SkipSpotifyAds (macOS)

This program will restart Spotify in the background whenever ads come up for seamless streaming as well as log the songs that you listen to.

Installation

1. Extract the repository to /Users/{user_name}/Documents/SkipSpotifyAds/.
2. Run build.py to install the necessary dependencies and build SkipSpotifyAds.app.
3. You can now move the application into your Applications folder, but keep the repository within the folder you extracted it to.

Python Script (still used, but now within the app)

1. Dependencies

pip3 install SwSpotify
pip3 uninstall werkzeug
pip3 install werkzeug==2.0.3

2. Deploy using the deploy.zsh or by running python3 skip_spotify_ads.py. You will need to keep both the .py and .zsh script within the same directory.
3. If using the .zsh script, SkipSpotifyAds will be launched on Screen GNU. To attach/re-attach to the process run the following command:

screen -r skip_spotify_ads

To detach, press: CTRL+A, CTRL+D