🎵 Björnify

Björnify is a Discord bot based on discord.py that adds requested tracks to your Spotify playback queue.

🧠 How It Works

• Listens for !add, !next, !pause, and !np commands.
• Uses Spotipy to search tracks and manage playback via Spotify Web API.
• Queues tracks or starts playback if nothing is playing.
• Falls back to controlling Sonos speakers via SoCo if Spotify playback fails due to device restrictions.
• Uses autocomplete and dropdown UI for enhanced slash command experience (/add).

🚀 Usage examples

💬 Text commands

• 🎶 !add Souvlaki Space Station — Add the first track that matches your query
• 🧩 !add track:Anti-Hero album:Midnights artist:Taylor Swift year:2022 — Add a track using detailed filters
• ⏭️ !next — Skip to the next track
• ⏸️ !pause — Pause playback
• 🎧 !np — Show the currently playing track

🧵 Slash commands

These are visible only to you and provide autocomplete support:

• 🔍 /add — Search for tracks and add the selected one to the queue
• ⏭️ /next — Skip to the next track
• ⏸️ /pause — Pause playback
• 🎧 /np — Show the currently playing track

🧩 Docker Compose

compose.yaml

---
name: bjornify

services:
  bjornify:
    container_name: bjornify
    cpu_count: 1
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          # cpus: "1"
          memory: 250M
    env_file: bjornify.txt
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Stockholm
    hostname: bjornify
    image: "ghcr.io/ebertek/bjornify:latest"
    restart: "no"
    stop_grace_period: 3m
    user: "1028:100"
    volumes:
      - "/mnt/docker/bjornify/logs:/app/logs"
      - "/mnt/docker/bjornify/secrets:/app/secrets"

bjornify.txt

SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:3000
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CHANNEL_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
GUILD_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DEFAULT_DEVICE=Everywhere
LOG_LEVEL=INFO
LIB_LOG_LEVEL=WARNING
HASS_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HASS_CHANNEL_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HA_URL=https://hass.local/api/conversation/process
HA_ACCESS_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

🔐 Environmental variables

Variable Name	Description
SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID	Your Spotify app’s client ID used for API authentication.
SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET	Your Spotify app’s client secret.
SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI	Redirect URI registered with your Spotify app.
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN	Token for Björnify to access the Discord API.
CHANNEL_ID	Discord channel ID where Björnify listens for ! commands.
GUILD_ID	Optional: Discord guild ID where Björnify listens for / commands.
DEFAULT_DEVICE	Optional: Device used to start playback if no devices are currently playing.
LOG_LEVEL	Optional: Log level for Björnify: DEBUG > INFO > WARNING > ERROR > CRITICAL.
LIB_LOG_LEVEL	Optional: Log level for asyncio, discord, soco, spotipy, and urllib3.

To get your own Spotify Client ID and secret, please create a new app using the Spotify for Developers Dashboard. You can add http://localhost:3000 to Redirect URIs, and select Web API for APIs used.

To get your own Discord token, please create a new application using the Discord Developer Portal. You will need the bot and the applications.commands scopes. Under Bot permissions, you will need to check View Channels, Send Messages, Add Reactions, Read Message History, and Use External Emojis.

💾 Persistent volumes

Volume	Description
/app/logs	Location of logs
/app/secrets	Location of spotipy_token.cache

🤖 Home Assistant conversation bot

A second bot, hass.py is also included in this image. It sends text to Home Assistant’s conversation API. If you want to use it, please create a second application using the Discord Developer Portal. You will also need to configure the following environmental variables in bjornify.txt:

Variable Name	Description
HASS_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN	Token for the Home Assistant conversation bot.
HASS_CHANNEL_ID	Discord channel ID for Home Assistant conversation bot commands.
HA_URL	URL to your Home Assistant’s /api/conversation/process endpoint.
HA_ACCESS_TOKEN	Long-lived Home Assistant access token for authenticating API requests.

🐳 Docker

As an alternative to Docker Compose, you can simply run the container using docker run:

docker run --name bjornify \
  --cpus="1.0" \
  --memory="250m" \
  -e SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
  -e SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
  -e SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:3000 \
  -e DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
  -e CHANNEL_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
  -e GUILD_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
  -e DEFAULT_DEVICE=Everywhere \
  -e HASS_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
  -e HASS_CHANNEL_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
  -e HA_URL=https://hass.local/api/conversation/process \
  -e HA_ACCESS_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
  -e TZ=Europe/Stockholm \
  --hostname bjornify \
  --restart=no \
  --stop-timeout=180 \
  --user 1028:100 \
  -v /mnt/docker/bjornify/logs:/app/logs \
  -v /mnt/docker/bjornify/secrets:/app/secrets \
  ghcr.io/ebertek/bjornify:latest

🐞 Submitting Issues

If you encounter a problem, feel free to open an issue. Please include the following to help us investigate:

• A description of the issue and how to reproduce it
• What command you used (e.g. /add or !next)
• The relevant section of the debug logs from /app/logs/bjornify.log

Logs help tremendously with diagnosing errors. If possible, redact any personal information (like tokens or private names).