Piece of code to automagically remove ads from your local Spotify instance

readme.md

Auto BlockTheSpot

All the credit goes here!

This only supports the Desktop version of Spotify and not the Windows Store version.

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Disable annoyances (One-Time Run)

The additional remove-bar.py will remove the annoying bar (the empty bar for ads since there will be no ads) above the playback controller.

The "Upgrade" button for upgrading to Spotify Premium can be disabled by using remove-upgrade-button.py.

auto-install.py

import io
import os
import pathlib
import zipfile

import requests

DLL_URL = "https://github.com/mrpond/BlockTheSpot/releases/download/2021.4.20.35/chrome_elf.zip"
DLL_FILENAME = "chrome_elf.dll"

zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(requests.get(DLL_URL).content))
SpotifyDLLPath = pathlib.Path(os.getenv('APPDATA')) / 'Spotify' / DLL_FILENAME
SpotifyDLLPath.chmod(0x1ff)
with zip_file.open(zip_file.getinfo('chrome_elf.dll'), 'r') as dll_file_stream, open(SpotifyDLLPath, 'wb') as dll_file_write_stream:
    dll_file_write_stream.write(dll_file_stream.read())

remove-bar.py

import io
import os
import pathlib
import re
import zipfile

ui_styling_zip_fn = 'xpui.spa'
ui_styling_zip = pathlib.Path(os.getenv('APPDATA')) / 'Spotify' / 'Apps' / ui_styling_zip_fn
ui_styling_zip_backup = pathlib.Path(os.getenv('APPDATA')) / 'Spotify' / 'Apps' / (ui_styling_zip_fn + ".bak")

ui_styling_css = 'xpui.css'

bar_css_regexp = re.compile(rb"(?<=\.b2731cdeb97c1f6a4cf5caa44e943acb-scss{.{147})((?:(?!;).)+)", re.S | re.M)

with open(ui_styling_zip, 'rb') as ui_styler_stream:
    b_stream = ui_styler_stream.read()

with open(ui_styling_zip_backup, 'wb') as ui_styler_backup:
    ui_styler_backup.write(b_stream)

zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(b_stream))
zip_file_write = zipfile.ZipFile(ui_styling_zip, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

zip_file_write.writestr(ui_styling_css, bar_css_regexp.sub(b'none', zip_file.read(ui_styling_css)))

for _f in zip_file.infolist():
    if _f.filename != 'xpui.css':
        zip_file_write.writestr(_f.filename, zip_file.read(_f.filename))

remove-upgrade-button.py

import io
import os
import pathlib
import re
import zipfile

ui_styling_zip_fn = 'xpui.spa'
ui_styling_zip = pathlib.Path(os.getenv('APPDATA')) / 'Spotify' / 'Apps' / ui_styling_zip_fn
ui_styling_zip_backup = pathlib.Path(os.getenv('APPDATA')) / 'Spotify' / 'Apps' / (ui_styling_zip_fn + ".bak")

ui_styling_css = 'xpui.css'

upgrade_button_css_regexp = re.compile(rb"(?<=\._3f37264be67c8f40fa9f76449afdb4bd-scss{.{83})(?:(?!;).)+", re.S | re.M)

with open(ui_styling_zip, 'rb') as ui_styler_stream:
    b_stream = ui_styler_stream.read()

with open(ui_styling_zip_backup, 'wb') as ui_styler_backup:
    ui_styler_backup.write(b_stream)

zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(b_stream))
zip_file_write = zipfile.ZipFile(ui_styling_zip, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

zip_file_write.writestr(ui_styling_css, upgrade_button_css_regexp.sub(b'none', zip_file.read(ui_styling_css)))

for _f in zip_file.infolist():
    if _f.filename != 'xpui.css':
        zip_file_write.writestr(_f.filename, zip_file.read(_f.filename))

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