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Request+ integrates with the official Spotify desktop client through a Spicetify extension that exposes a local WebSocket bridge to the Request+ app.
You need the desktop Spotify client. Web Player and mobile are not supported.

Setup

1

Install Spicetify

Follow the official Spicetify installation guide for your OS.Verify it works:
spicetify -v
2

Install the Request+ extension

In the Spotify client, open the Marketplace tab. It should look like a shopping cart icon.\
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In the marketplace, search for “Request+”, you should see the following entry.
This may not show instantly, click the load more button if you can’t see our extension!
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3

Restart Spotify

Spicetify should prompt you to reload for the extension, go ahead and do that, it’s needed to load the code!
4

Verify the connection

Back in Request+, the Spotify current track object should populate the now playing screen, as seen below!
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Supported actions

  • Play / pause
  • Skip / previous
  • Seek
  • Volume
  • Shuffle / repeat
  • Like / unlike
  • Queue requested tracks

Troubleshooting

This could be that you haven’t started playing or the application failed to start it’s websocket server, check out <link-here>
Run spicetify backup apply as your normal user account, not as administrator. See the Spicetify troubleshooting docs.
Spotify updates can overwrite Spicetify. Re-run spicetify update or spicetify apply after each update.