diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 56e43276..124aa2d3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ free accounts. - Support for a lot of platforms - Vim keybindings out of the box - IPC socket for remote control -- Automatic authentication using a password manager ## Installation ncspot is available on macOS (Homebrew), Windows (Scoop, WinGet), Linux (native package, Flathub and diff --git a/doc/users.md b/doc/users.md index 8468289e..94b96f0c 100644 --- a/doc/users.md +++ b/doc/users.md @@ -452,8 +452,10 @@ cover_max_scale = 2 ``` ## Authentication -`ncspot` prompts for a Spotify username and password on first launch, uses this -to generate an OAuth token, and stores it to disk. +`ncspot` uses OAuth2 for authentication. When launched for the first time, a link will be generated +that can be opened in any browser. After logging in on the displayed page, you can start to use +`ncspot`. The OAuth2 flow is the only supported one, as username/password authentication has been +removed by Spotify. The credentials are stored in `librespot/credentials.json` in the user's cache directory. Run `ncspot info` to show the location of this directory.