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Temporarily enable developer mode for the Spotify desktop client on Linux and macOS.
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # Temporarily enable developer mode for the Spotify desktop client on Linux and macOS. | |
| showHelp () { | |
| echo -e \ | |
| "Usage: ./tmpdevmodify.sh [option]\n | |
| Options: | |
| -c, --clearcache Clear Spotify app cache | |
| -d, --debug Add Debug Tools to user dropdown menu | |
| --help Print this help message | |
| --remove Remove developer mode" | |
| } | |
| clear="\033[0m" | |
| red="\033[0;31m" | |
| while getopts ':cd-:' flag; do | |
| case "${flag}" in | |
| -) | |
| case "${OPTARG}" in | |
| clearcache) clearCache='true' ;; | |
| debug) debug='true' ;; | |
| help) showHelp; exit 0 ;; | |
| remove) remove='true' ;; | |
| *) echo -e "${red}Error:${clear} '--""${OPTARG}""' not supported\n\n$(showHelp)\n" >&2; exit 1 ;; | |
| esac ;; | |
| c) clearCache='true' ;; | |
| d) debug='true' ;; | |
| \?) echo -e "${red}Error:${clear} '-""${OPTARG}""' not supported\n\n$(showHelp)\n" >&2; exit 1 ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| command -v perl >/dev/null || { echo -e "\n${red}Error:${clear} perl command not found.\nInstall perl on your system then try again.\n" >&2; exit 1; } | |
| searchCacheLinux () { | |
| local timeout=7 | |
| local paths=("$HOME/.cache" "$HOME" "/") | |
| for path in "${paths[@]}"; do | |
| local path="${path}" | |
| local timeLimit=$(($(date +%s) + timeout)) | |
| while (( $(date +%s) < "${timeLimit}" )); do | |
| cachePath=$(find "${path}" -type d -path "*cache/spotify*" -print -quit 2>/dev/null) | |
| [[ -n "${cachePath}" ]] && return 0 | |
| pgrep -x find > /dev/null || break | |
| sleep 1 | |
| done | |
| done | |
| return 1 | |
| } | |
| searchPrefsLinux () { | |
| local timeout=7 | |
| local paths=("$HOME/.config" "$HOME" "/") | |
| for path in "${paths[@]}"; do | |
| local path="${path}" | |
| local timeLimit=$(($(date +%s) + timeout)) | |
| while (( $(date +%s) < "${timeLimit}" )); do | |
| prefsPath=$(find "${path}" -type f -path "*/spotify/prefs" -print -quit 2>/dev/null) | |
| [[ -n "${prefsPath}" ]] && return 0 | |
| pgrep -x find > /dev/null || break | |
| sleep 1 | |
| done | |
| done | |
| return 1 | |
| } | |
| case $(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') in | |
| darwin*) platformType='macOS' ;; | |
| *) platformType='Linux' ;; | |
| esac | |
| if [[ "${platformType}" == "macOS" ]]; then | |
| cachePath="${HOME}/Library/Caches/com.spotify.client" | |
| offlineBnk="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Spotify/PersistentCache/offline.bnk" | |
| prefsPath="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Spotify/prefs" | |
| else | |
| searchCacheLinux | |
| offlineBnk="${cachePath}/offline.bnk" | |
| fi | |
| command pgrep [sS]potify 2>/dev/null | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null | |
| [[ "${clearCache}" ]] && { rm -rf "${cachePath}/Browser" 2>/dev/null; rm -rf "${cachePath}/Data" 2>/dev/null; rm "${cachePath}/LocalPrefs.json" 2>/dev/null; } | |
| if [[ "${remove}" ]]; then | |
| [[ "${platformType}" == "Linux" ]] && searchPrefsLinux | |
| [[ -f "${prefsPath}" ]] && perl -pi -e 'print unless /app.enable-developer-mode=true/' "${prefsPath}" | |
| [[ -f "${offlineBnk}" ]] && { | |
| perl -pi -w -e 's|\x01\x08\x65\x6D\x70\x6C\x6F\x79\x65\x65\x09\x01\x31\x78||' "${offlineBnk}" | |
| perl -pi -w -e 's#\x70\x65\x72\x3E\K\x33|\x70\x65\x72\x09\x01\K\x33#\x30#g' "${offlineBnk}" | |
| } | |
| echo -e "Spotify developer options are removed until script is used again.\n" | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| if [[ "${debug}" ]]; then | |
| [[ "${platformType}" == "Linux" ]] && searchPrefsLinux | |
| [[ ! -f "${prefsPath}" ]] && { echo -e "${red}prefs not found!${clear} Run Spotify once then try again.\n" >&2; exit 1; } | |
| [[ ! -f "${offlineBnk}" ]] && { echo -e "${red}offline.bnk not found!${clear} Run Spotify once then try again.\n" >&2; exit 1; } | |
| echo "app.enable-developer-mode=true" >> "${prefsPath}" | |
| perl -pi -w -e 's|\x01\x2A\x63\x6F\x6D\x2E\x73\x70\x6F\x74\x69\x66\x79\x2E\x6D\x61\x64\x70\x72\x6F\x70\x73\x2E\x75\x73\x65\x2E\x75\x63\x73\x2E\x70\x72\x6F\x64\x75\x63\x74\x2E\x73\x74\x61\x74\x65\x09\x01[\x30\x31]\x78||' "${offlineBnk}" | |
| perl -pi -w -e 's|\x01\x0D\x61\x70\x70\x2D\x64\x65\x76\x65\x6C\x6F\x70\x65\x72\x09\x01[\x30\x31\x32\x33]\x78|\x01\x08\x65\x6D\x70\x6C\x6F\x79\x65\x65\x09\x01\x31\x78\x01\x2A\x63\x6F\x6D\x2E\x73\x70\x6F\x74\x69\x66\x79\x2E\x6D\x61\x64\x70\x72\x6F\x70\x73\x2E\x75\x73\x65\x2E\x75\x63\x73\x2E\x70\x72\x6F\x64\x75\x63\x74\x2E\x73\x74\x61\x74\x65\x09\x01\x31\x78|' "${offlineBnk}" | |
| else | |
| [[ ! -f "${offlineBnk}" ]] && { echo -e "${red}offline.bnk not found!${clear} Run Spotify once then try again.\n" >&2; exit 1; } | |
| perl -pi -w -e 's#\x70\x65\x72\x3E\K[\x30\x31]|\x70\x65\x72\x09\x01\K[\x30\x31]#\x33#g' "${offlineBnk}" | |
| fi | |
| echo -e "Finished! Spotify developer options will be enabled on next run.\n" | |
| exit 0 |
Awesome!
Android seems to use the same thing someone should make this for Android
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-c/--clearcacheto wipe app cache, reverting any changes made in dev mode.-d/--debugto add Debug Tools menu item under the user icon dropdown.--removeto remove developer options forcefully*Run directly with:
More devmode-related scripts on github...
*As of client version ~1.2.30.x or so, closing/opening the client no longer removes developer mode like it did previously. This could be seen as a nice bonus for some.. but for others this may not be ideal.