Add proxy support

[awohsen]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Since I can't connect to many platforms because of censorship, I always use the proxy settings; but IDK where to implement them here!

[Jack-Chou-HZ]

same here, from China mainland.

[KRTirtho]

I kind of have no idea how proxy works because I never had to use it. If anyone of you are experienced with proxy & flutter please share

[momobobe]

I kind of have no idea how proxy works because I never had to use it. If anyone of you are experienced with proxy & flutter please share

https://github.com/Sangwan5688/BlackHole/search?q=proxy&type=commits, but this is http proxy only, while many users would prefer a socks one

[0x07C0]

Disclamer: I have no idea what I'm doing, I'm not familiar with flutter
I've made a spotube-socks5 demo, it has hardcoded local socks5 proxy. I have no idea how to add a settings menu for proxy, so I'll just leave it here in hopes that this would help. I works globally within the app.

Package used: flutter_socks_proxy [MIT license]

[awohsen]

For Linux users, there is an option to run spotube using proxychains tool and it will tunnel the application through a custom proxy

[KRTirtho]

Sorry bro.. Forgot to add this feature request to Todo

[Be1zebub]

spotify has left my country, so im w8 so much for proxy support in spotube

I kind of have no idea how proxy works because I never had to use it. If anyone of you are experienced with proxy & flutter please share

its easy to implement proxy via http CONNECT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_tunnel#HTTP_CONNECT_tunneling
idk dart lang, but there is a pseudocode example:

function http.proxyRequest(proxy, request)
	connection = http.connect(proxy.host, proxy.port, proxy.tls)

	connection.write("CONNECT", {
		["Host"] = request.host,
		["Proxy-Authorization"] = proxy.credentials
	})

	response = connection.read()

	if response and response.code == 200 then
		connection.host = request.host
		connection.port = request.port
		connection.tls = request.tls

		connection.write(request.method, request.headers, request.body)

		return connection.read()
	else
		retry with another proxy...
	end
end

[mohammadRezaeian]

hi
thanks for write this application
please if it possible set upper priority for this option
in many country spotify is block
thanks

[KRTirtho]

I'd love to add this feature but I'm just not sure how to approach it. Looking for an expert on this topic for months :)

[KRTirtho]

I think this is no longer required/valid as Spotube now uses piped API which is accessible globally

If the default server API (kavin.rocks) is not available in your region you can change it from "Settings" > "Piped Server Instance" selector
You can find which server is closer to your region in Piped Wiki

[Be1zebub]

i have no "Piped Server Instance" in settings, is this feature released?

screenshots

[KRTirtho]

It's available in nightly release

[Be1zebub]

login is not proxied
ok, then I tried to login with my http proxy server - i got 403 (login in browser spotify app works ok)
seems like when i try with my own proxy spotube login button still opens https://www.spotify.com/int/why-not-available/
because in browser when proxy enabled on this page i got 403 too, like in spotube login
i think its cached?

[mohammadrafigh]

Please allow using a custom Piped instance like how Libretube handles that.

[spl3g]

I have the 403 issue too, maybe you can make that the login instance opens in the default browser. Idk if it's possible but i think that it would solve the problem

[Be1zebub]

"login instance opens in the default browser" - yep this would allow to proxy browser http requests and pass the login stage, rn the application is just useless in countries where spotify left :(

[spl3g]

Or it will be great to give a choice between the in app browser and the cookie method (like in the pc version).

[xmha97]

same here, from China mainland.

same here, from Iran.

[Cp0204]

Piped Server Instance

I can't access github in my region, reading the online Piped Server Instance fails.😂

As well as I can build my own piped server, hopefully I can customize the input server address.

[KRTirtho]

I can't access github in my region, reading the online Piped Server Instance fails.😂

Dang it. I should've thought of it earlier. I'll provide some default server list and also a field to manually add a Piped instance url

[mohammadrafigh]

@KRTirtho I noticed that even if we use a custom Piped instance Spotube fetches playlists and track info from Spotify which is also blocked in many countries and the Spotube is not able to fetch those data so the app won't work at all. Maybe there should be some sort of local caching at least for user playlists, So without any proxy we can play our own playlists using a custom piped instance.

I'm thinking of better solutions to handle that, maybe something like piped API but just to fetch info and playlists from Spotify.

[dave9123]

You can use VPN probably

[dave9123]

I'd love to add this feature but I'm just not sure how to approach it. Looking for an expert on this topic for months :)

Probably check if the proxy is selected and check if the proxy is accessible, then another check if proxy is enabled and is accessible use it for query and download

[rockxsj]

It seems the http client limit on dart, maybe we can try some solution from flutter/flutter#26359

[wuyuansheng1982]

tried netsh winhttp set proxy localhost:1080 and starting the app, time out as well

[rockxsj]

tried netsh winhttp set proxy localhost:1080 and starting the app, time out as well

Please try to follow the steps below.

$env:HTTP_PROXY="127.0.0.1:11807"
$env:HTTPS_PROXY="127.0.0.1:11807"
/path/to/your/spotube.exe

[wuyuansheng1982]

thanks, but don't think it works

[dave9123]

Can you even log in?

[rockxsj]

thanks, but don't think it works

it works as expect on my windows 11.

[wuyuansheng1982]

I have a SSH tunnel, so socks5 proxy. @rockxsj What type of proxy do you have?

[wuyuansheng1982]

getting this error message now

[knoxwh]

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "set HTTP_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:xxxx && set HTTPS_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:xxxx && start "Spotube" "C:\Program Files\Spotube\spotube.exe"

Can solve the problem of Windows clients not using proxies

[olivier2]

Because of multiple duplicates regarding SOCKS5 support, I thought I'd looked into it. The flutter_socks_proxy package makes this look as easy as adding a text field in the settings page.

I tested using Charles Proxy, but it's hard to tell if every thing is working as it should. If someone could test from my changes and report back, that would be awesome!

Here's a video of how the field works:

Spotube.2024-02-20.18-55-50.mp4

[wuyuansheng1982]

@olivier2 any instructions on how to build on Windows?

[olivier2]

@olivier2 any instructions on how to build on Windows?

These build instructions for Spotube might be the only steps you really need (Install SDK and call the flutter commands to build/run)

If you're planning on developing for flutter, check out setting up an editor for flutter.

[wuyuansheng1982]

@olivier2 getting build errors, maybe I will wait for the nightly release.

[F-TD5X]

You can use the terminal proxy

export https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:$port;export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:$port;export all_proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:$port

, then open spotube application in terminal

/Applications/spotube.app/Contents/MacOS/spotube

don't close termainal.

If using MacOS. You should be fine to close terminal if you use open /Application/spotube.app to launch spotube. open will inheritance the envs.

[olivier2]

@olivier2 getting build errors, maybe I will wait for the nightly release.

Did you run:
flutter pub get

The nightly only contains changes from the dev branch, but my changes are in a completely different fork.

[wuyuansheng1982]

https://pastebin.com/EvaCWx2e

Attached is the terminal output from building on Windows, getting a different error message now.

How do I check out your changes? Sorry, kinda newbie here.

[sappho192]

Hi. I've cloned proxy-setting branch and built the Windows app.

I set the proxy settings like above and re-run the app, but the error floods like below:

flutter: [2024-02-27 11:09:13.856050 | Catcher 2 | INFO] ClientException with SocketException: Failed host lookup: 'accounts.spotify.com' (OS Error: Cannot find the host
...
flutter: [2024-02-27 11:09:19.907781 | Catcher 2 | INFO] Failed to open https://youtube.com/unplayable.m4a?id=4mHcEo7lhHsPxUbplsXxdk&title=I%20Don't%20Care%20About%20Nothing%20-%20from%20GRAN%20TURISMO%207.
...
flutter: [2024-02-27 11:09:19.916781 | Catcher 2 | INFO] [MediaKitError] 
Failed to open https://youtube.com/unplayable.m4a?id=5Zfn8MjK6gABVJxzCgrUin&title=Life's%20Coming%20in%20Slow%20-%20from%20GRAN%20TURISMO%207.
...

The full log is log_2402271108.txt

It seems that the proxy is not applied to every internet-related functions maybe.

[orangelckc]

分享一下在macos上使用spotube+clashX 连接的解决方案：
Share my solution on Macos with spotube+clashX:

1. clashX复制代理命令
   Copy this proxy command in clashX
   

2. 打开终端，粘贴命令并执行
   Open terminal and execute this command

3. 使用命令 open /Applications/spotube.app 打开软件
   With open /Applications/spotube.app to launch spotube
   

这样可以让spotube使用到clashX的代理
Done, and enjoy the music with proxy.

[magicdawn]

if set proxy related environment variables works, on macOS you can install https://github.com/hschmidt/EnvPane to set environment variables for all GUI apps

[KRTirtho]

Does setting these env vars actually works? If it works, I can add a Proxy section in the settings page that can be used to override these variables

[I-like-Portal-2]

Same here, getting the 403 thing on android. An option to put the token manually would be nice.

[Lippiece]

Does setting these env vars actually works? If it works, I can add a Proxy section in the settings page that can be used to override these variables

Indeed, it does.

Here's my slightly edited desktop entry to launch with proxy.

  [Desktop Entry]
  Type=Application
  Name=Spotube
  Exec=env HTTP_PROXY=127.0.0.1:2334 HTTPS_PROXY=127.0.0.1:2334 /usr/bin/spotube
  Icon=/usr/share/icons/spotube/spotube-logo.png
  Comment=A music streaming app combining the power of Spotify & YouTube
  Terminal=false
  Categories=Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo;
  MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify;
  DBusActivatable=false