Customization

• Most of the settings are located in Settings menu:-

Settings menu (1/2).

Settings menu (2/2).

But you can also use Alfred variables to customize the workflow:-

IMPORTANT: variables starting with ‘__’ are handled by the workflow. They can be changed bu at your own risk.

• You can change any workflow command name by modifying variables starting with c_, for example replace spot_mini by s:-

Change workflow command names.

• You can hide some main menu entries by putting 0(or any other value) by modifying variables starting with menu_:-

Hide menu entry by putting value other than 1.

• You can change the volume min, mid, max values by modifying variables starting with settings_volume:-

Change volume default values.

• You can change the default text for sharing by modifying variables starting with sharing_:-

Change default sharing texts.

• You can decide to append to the playlist when adding track(s), instead of putting tracks at beginning, by modifying variable append_to_playlist_when_adding_tracks:-

Append to the playlist when adding track(s). 1 for appending, 0 otherwise.

• You can reduce the number of notifications, by modifying variable reduce_notifications:-

Reduce notifications. 1 for reducing, 0 otherwise.

• You can decide to not add to your library the radio playlist, by modifying variable add_created_radio_playlist_to_library:-

Add radio playlist to library. 1 for adding to library, 0 otherwise.

• You can change behaviour of Previous Track, by modifying variable previous_track_for_real:-

  • 1 for going to previous track
  • 0 for going back to beginning of the track

• You can decide to not automatically refresh the library when you modify your library (adding a track to a playlist for example), by modifying variable automatically_refresh_library:-

  • 1 for automatically refresh library
  • 0 for not automatically refresh library

• You can decide to add all album tracks in your music when you add an album in Your Music (otherwise it just likes the album), by modifying variable add_all_tracks_from_album_when_adding_to_yourmusic:-

  • 1 for adding all album tracks
  • 0 for not not adding all album tracks

• You can customize Now Playing notifications for episodes (podcasts), by modifying variables now_playing_episode_title for title and now_playing_episode_text for text. You can use those variables:-

  • {episode_name} for episode name
  • {show_name} for show name
  • {duration} for duration

  Defaults are:

  • now_playing_episode_title: Now Playing ({duration})
  • now_playing_episode_text: 🔈🎙 {episode_name} in show {show_name}

• You can customize Now Playing notifications for tracks, by modifying variables now_playing_track_title for title and now_playing_track_text for text. You can use those variables:-

  • {track_name} for track name
  • {album_name} for album name
  • {artist_name} for artist name
  • {duration} for duration
  • {popularity} for popularity ⭐ (emoji can be customized, see below)
  • {liked} ♥ if track is liked, ♡ otherwise (emoji can be customized, see below)

  Defaults are:

  • now_playing_track_title: Now Playing {popularity} ({duration})
  • now_playing_track_text: 🔈 {track_name} by {artist_name} in album {album_name}

• You can change default emojis used in the workflow by modifying those variables:-

Change default emojis used in workflow.

• You can customize text copied in clipboard in current track section for episodes (podcasts), by modifying variable clipboard_current_track_episode_text. You can use those variables:-

  • {episode_name} for episode name
  • {url} for spotify url

  Defaults are:

  • clipboard_current_track_episode_text: #NowPlaying {episode_name} {url}

• You can customize text copied in clipboard in current track section for tracks, by modifying variable clipboard_current_track_track_text. You can use those variables:-

  • {track_name} for track name
  • {artist_name} for artist name
  • {url} for spotify url

  Defaults are:

  • clipboard_current_track_track_text: #NowPlaying {track_name} by {artist_name} {url}

• You can ignore unplayable tracks (which are represented by default with symbol 🚫) by setting variable ignore_unplayable_tracksto 1. An example is if you have disabled explicit lyrics in Spotify desktop, but you still want to be able to play those tracks with the workflow.

• You can opt-out for anonymous metrics collection (the workflow is collecting completely anonymous metrics to better understand how users are using it. Graphs are available here) by setting variable disable_anonymous_metrics to 1.

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