owntone-server [Spotify] Audiobook support

Not a bug, but a feature request. Spotify announced audiobook support back in March 2024. This would be great in owntone supported audiobooks, like it support podcasts.

Jun 29 '25 21:06 jonnynews

Seems similar to the work done on podcast in https://github.com/owntone/owntone-server/pull/1286 by @chme.

There seems to be apis present for audiobooks

https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-audiobook https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-users-saved-audiobooks

Should not be the hard to put in.

Jul 01 '25 13:07 jonnynews

Yes, I think it is a very reasonable feature to ask. I will check the API and keep you posted.

Jul 01 '25 13:07 hacketiwack

I looked a wee bit more into it. Problem is now that the currently used Spotify library is quite outdated. Last version was released 4 years ago. I'll probably have to switch to another library, like the official one.

Jul 03 '25 16:07 hacketiwack

The official library seems to support audiobooks. See this.

BTW, I am developer, I don't know your codebase super well, but I am help out with code review and testing. Not written C in a while, but I write javascript / typescript everyday.

Jul 04 '25 08:07 jonnynews

Thanks @jonnynews. I will check how to properly do the authentication with the official API and keep you posted about my progress.

Jul 04 '25 12:07 hacketiwack

I created a first version that searches the audiobooks available in Spotify. It is improvable, particularly in the way purchased Spotify audiobooks should be visible in the audiobook page.

Aug 16 '25 00:08 hacketiwack

All the changes are on this branch.

Aug 16 '25 01:08 hacketiwack

@hacketiwack Amazing. Do you want code review / testing?

Aug 20 '25 13:08 jonnynews

@jonnynews, yes please be my guest to test this branch. I'm pretty sure there are still some bugs 😅

Aug 20 '25 21:08 hacketiwack