If I remember correctly, the Spotify app creates a local web server with an API that can be used to grab the currently playing song, among many other things. S

If I remember correctly, the Spotify app creates a local web server with an API that can be used to grab the currently playing song, among many other things. See: - https://medium.com/@b3ngr33ni3r/hijacking-spotify-web-control-5014b0a1a360 https://medium.com/@b3ngr33ni3r/hijacking-spotify-web-contro... - http://cgbystrom.com/articles/deconstructing-spotifys-builtin-http-server/ http://cgbystrom.com/articles/deconstructing-spotifys-builti... - https://code.google.com/p/spotify-local-api/ https://code.google.com/p/spotify-local-api/