Login to tidal API using PKCE and update strawberry player settings to support Hi-Res Lossless playback

tidal_login.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

import tidalapi
import json

from pathlib import Path
from configparser import ConfigParser

strawberry_conf_file_path = str(Path.home()) + "/.config/strawberry/strawberry.conf"
strawberry_conf_file = ConfigParser()
strawberry_conf_file.read(strawberry_conf_file_path)

session = tidalapi.Session()
session.login_pkce()

creds = {
    "token_type": session.token_type,
    "session_id": session.session_id,
    "access_token": session.access_token,
    "refresh_token": session.refresh_token,
}


strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["type"] = "2"
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["streamurl"] = "2"
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["oauth"] = "true"
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["enabled"] = "true"
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["client_id"] = session.config.client_id_pkce
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["quality"] = "HI_RES_LOSSLESS"
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["country_code"] = "PL"
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["token_type"] = "Bearer"
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["access_token"] = creds["access_token"]
strawberry_conf_file["Tidal"]["refresh_token"] = creds["refresh_token"]

with open(strawberry_conf_file_path, "w") as configfile:
    strawberry_conf_file.write(configfile)

print(json.dumps(creds, indent=4))

for windows users:

pip install tidalapi

#!/usr/bin/python3
import tidalapi
import json
from pathlib import Path

# Initialize Tidal session and login
session = tidalapi.Session()
session.login_pkce()

# Collect credentials
creds = {
    "token_type": session.token_type,
    "session_id": session.session_id,
    "access_token": session.access_token,
    "refresh_token": session.refresh_token,
}

# Define registry key values
reg_values = {
    "type": "2",
    "streamurl": "2",
    "oauth": "true",
    "enabled": "true",
    "client_id": session.config.client_id_pkce,
    "quality": "HI_RES_LOSSLESS",
    "country_code": "PL",
    "token_type": "Bearer",
    "access_token": creds["access_token"],
    "refresh_token": creds["refresh_token"]
}

# Build .reg file content
reg_content = [
    "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\n",
    "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Strawberry\\Strawberry\\Tidal]"
]

for key, value in reg_values.items():
    reg_content.append(f"\"{key}\"=\"{value}\"")

# Determine .reg file path next to the script
script_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
reg_file_path = script_dir / "strawberry_tidal.reg"

# Write .reg file
with open(reg_file_path, "w", encoding="utf-16") as reg_file:
    reg_file.write("\n".join(reg_content))

# Print what was written
print("Generated registry file content:\n")
print("\n".join(reg_content))
print(f"\nSaved to: {reg_file_path}")

Run strawberry_tidal.reg file to import settings into strawberry.

Well, it seems to partially work, but in Strawberry I get this error

Error transferring https://api.tidalhifi.com/v1/users/0/favorites/artists?countryCode=DK - server replied:  (201)

Hmm, that's strange -- if 201 is the http response code, then it sounds correct(-ish). I'm afraid I won't be able to help much. Is the app usable or it's bricked due to this error?

Hello. Thanks for this. It seems to let me log into Tidal on Strawberry, however, playing a song results in this error: "Asset is not ready for playback (401) (4005)". They really seem to be guarding ClientID pretty tight. I guess I will be sticking to Qobuz for now.

This is just strange as it seems that Tidal do allow third party API clients, Remember did not read any text for time being, just noticed the menu option https://account.tidal.com/third-party-apps

@mull3s how do you connect Qobuz with Strawberry?

Yes I did try to create a developer account to get a clientID to test its functionality, but it does not seem to work. The only method that seems to work right now is to download an older android app version of tidal and process files from an associated folder on your phone. This is limited to 44.1khz/16bit FLAC files from my testing, which is the standard for high quality audio.

To get Hi-Res I connected Qobuz. Strawberry has integration in the settings, you need your: username+password, App ID, and App secret. To get the latter 2 I used "qobuz-dl" which has a script for extracting them: https://github.com/vitiko98/qobuz-dl. let me know if you run into any trouble @spirillen .

@mull3s thx for the hint, but I can only see what appears to be the app-secret in cat etc/aau_token (using miniconda), I can't find the app-id in there

For other, the info are stored in /home/$USER/.config/qobuz-dl/config.ini

Well, I could log in, retrieve the lists (album|artist|tracks) but when trying to play...

Maybe we should move this to the strawberry repo...

Update: moved to strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry#1832 @Cajivah you can delete these OT now if you like to

@spirillen Yes that may be the case. We might need to move this there. As for the app secret and ID I believe in the python file I also printed the values so it returns them that is now I got it.

As for the problem you got with tidal, I had the same exact issue. Login and list retrieval successful, but that error popped when I tried to play anything.