Can you run SpotDL (web) in a Docker container?
reddit / selfhosted

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-10-06 14:47

or is the docker image just for CLI use?

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waeking · 2023-10-06 15:11

https://spotdl.github.io/spotify-downloader/installation/#docker-setup

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-10-06 15:16

But can you run the web part from the docker?

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waeking · 2023-10-06 15:43

Another idea would be to create a docker file with the prebuilt
executable

Anything is possible. Create a Dockerfile and follow the "Build for
source" part of the [readme](https://github.com/spotDL/web-
ui/blob/master/README.md). You can use
[https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-
downloader/blob/master/Dockerfile](https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-
downloader/blob/master/Dockerfile) as an example to get you started.

Another idea would be to create a docker file with the prebuilt
executable [release](https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-
downloader/releases).  From the
[docs](https://spotdl.github.io/spotify-
downloader/installation/#using-prebuilt-executable) it looks like the
web ui is available by default.

When you get things to work properly, a courteous help, is to create a
pull request with a working Dockerfile.

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-10-06 15:49

It looks like there isn't an official way to self host it yet->
`selfhost coming soon`

But I was wondering if someone has already found a way to make it run
in a container?

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lilolalu · 2023-10-06 16:26

Apparently the webui starts as a default when not passing any
arguments. So the docker should have it already. Take a look the
"Dockerfile", find the entrypoint script, see what the container
starts as a default, adapt to your needs. Build image. Run it.

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-10-06 18:24

Sounds simple in theory... but how do I get the web UI to run?

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lilolalu · 2023-10-06 18:35

In theory you just have to expose the port to the outside and it
should be reachable, I have to try when I am home...

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-10-06 18:45

```yaml
version: "2.1"
services:
  spotdl:
container\_name: spotdl
image: spotdl/spotify-downloader:nightly
restart: unless-stopped
command: web --host "0.0.0.0" --keep-alive --web-use-output-dir
ports:
\- 8800:8800

```

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Zestyclose_Car1088 · 2023-10-06 18:47

Thanks

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lilolalu · 2023-10-06 21:27

Cool, probably you should bind mount a local volume into the container
so the downloads appear in your filesystem and not in the image.

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Street_Mushroom8216 · 2023-10-19 14:50

Thanks you so much. I created a docker with nicegUI which calls spotdl
in background, but this solution is better.

This is how I use it:

docker run -d  --name spotdlweb -v
\[YOUR\_HDD\_PATH\]:/root/.spotdl/web/sessions --restart always -p
8877:8877 spotdl/spotify-downloader:v4.2.1 web --host 0.0.0.0 --port
8877 --keep-alive