Spotify Scout

Highlight an artist to view their current top tracks, click any track for it to instantly play in Spotify.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-09-17 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
Users: 112
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 0.0.9.2 (Last updated: 2017-05-30)
Creation date: 2017-05-30
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 59.19K

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Extension summary

"Scout" any artist by highlighting their name and right clicking to get a full list of their top tracks. Click any song to instantly play it in Spotify or click "Check out Artist" to go directly to their artist page.

*Has the option to be used with either the Spotify desktop or web player.

NOTICE As of 5/29/2017 Spotify has made changes to their API and it breaks all current functionality for this extension :/ I can no longer search artists without having the user grant permissions using their Spotify account. This will require some annoying changes like making the user login when they first enable this extension. I will be working on implementing these changes as soon as possible and hope to get a new version out so the extension can go back to functioning as normal. Sorry for the inconvenience and I hope you can understand.

https://developer.spotify.com/news-stories/2017/01/27/removing-unauthenticated-calls-to-the-web-api/

User reviews

Awesome! It works nice because it'll just pull up Spotify and play the song right away. Convenient when working on other stuff.
by Martha Stackhouse, 2015-02-01
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Spotify Scout requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Spotify Scout is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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