This project uses a proxy to strip all ad-related requests from the Spotify desktop application. This should work for all major operating systems, but if you are using Linux, I would advise you to use this instead.
Open Spotify desktop, open the dropdown from the top-right, and open settings. Scroll all the way down settings and find "Proxy" (you may need to look under Advanced Settings).
Configure it as shown:
Run the following commands in terminal to clone and install.
> git clone https://github.com/AnanthVivekanand/spotify-adblock.git && cd spotify-adblock
...
> npm i
...
> export PORT=8080
> npm start
Great, your proxy server for Spotify is now working! You should be seeing:
However, if Spotify is loading but no songs are playing, you may be experiencing issue #14. In this case, use MITM support below.
Simply run node mitm.js and set the spotify proxy settings to port 8082.
Then start the proxy, which allows it to generate some certificates. Then, trust the
root certificate at certs/certs/ca.crt
On MacOS, you can trust the root certficate with one command: sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain certs/certs/ca.crt
This should be perfectly safe.
To build an image for the MITM proxy, simply run npm run docker-mitm, and then create a container binding the port 8082 and the folder /usr/src/app/certs to the host to get access to the certificates.
The port 8082 is exposed by Docker for easier setup using a reverse-proxy.
For example:
docker run -d --name=Spotify-adblock --volume=/opt/spotify-adblock/certs:/usr/src/app/certs -p 8082:8082 --restart=always spotify-adblock:latest
,where /opt/spotify-adblock/certs is the path on the host machine where you will find the certificates you need to import.