How to use Spotify as an alarm clock

I use Winamp as my alarm clock, a custom script runs as a scheduled task that randomly chooses from a list of playlist files, some point to local music and some point to internet radio stations. Is it possible to get Spotify to automatically play music so I can add that to my script? I tried using the "spotify:user:username:playlist:..." and "http" links but the playlist just loads, the music doesn't start playing automatically. Any ideas? Thanks!

The easiest way is to have a vbs file that does this I have one that plays music atomatically(paste this into notepad): Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Comandline = "C:\Users\Max\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe"
WScript.sleep 500
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run("spotify:user:8aller:playlist:4aoBDuMJnk4Oza13a8Fnbo")
WScript.sleep 3000
WshShell.SendKeys " " Change the path to your spotify app location on your pc.change the my url to the "Spotify Url" of your playlist. click file>save as then save as something.vbs and save as all files click on the vbs script - it should open and play your playlistif you go to bed at the same time every day you can use task scheduler for it to autoplay at the same time every day it is also possible to have the music fade(for sleeping) via vbs and get gradually louder as well(think an alarm).

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