diff --git a/plugins/spotify.py b/plugins/spotify.py
index 45c8a8ff0..1a2ba7bca 100644
--- a/plugins/spotify.py
+++ b/plugins/spotify.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 import re
-
 import requests
 
 from cloudbot import hook
-from cloudbot.util import web
-
 
-gateway = 'http://open.spotify.com/{}/{}'  # http spotify gw address
-spuri = 'spotify:{}:{}'
+api_url = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?"
 
 spotify_re = re.compile(r'(spotify:(track|album|artist|user):([a-zA-Z0-9]+))', re.I)
 http_re = re.compile(r'(open\.spotify\.com/(track|album|artist|user)/'
@@ -17,63 +13,84 @@
 @hook.command('spotify', 'sptrack')
 def spotify(text):
     """spotify <song> -- Search Spotify for <song>"""
-    params = {'q': text.strip()}
-
-    request = requests.get('http://ws.spotify.com/search/1/track.json', params=params)
+    params = {
+        "q": text.strip(),
+        "offset": 0,
+        "limit": 1,
+        "type": "track"
+    }
+
+    request = requests.get(api_url, params=params)
     if request.status_code != requests.codes.ok:
         return "Could not get track information: {}".format(request.status_code)
 
-    data = request.json()
+    data = request.json()["tracks"]["items"][0]
 
     try:
-        _type, _id = data["tracks"][0]["href"].split(":")[1:]
+        artist, url, song, uri = (data["artists"][0]["name"],
+                                  data["external_urls"]["spotify"],
+                                  data["name"],
+                                  data["uri"])
     except IndexError:
-        return "Could not find track."
-    url = web.try_shorten(gateway.format(_type, _id))
+        return "Unable to find any tracks!"
 
-    return "\x02{}\x02 by \x02{}\x02 - {}".format(data["tracks"][0]["name"],
-                                                  data["tracks"][0]["artists"][0]["name"], url)
+    return "\x02{}\x02 by \x02{}\x02 - {} / {}".format(song, artist,
+                                                       url, uri)
 
 
-@hook.command
+@hook.command("spalbum")
 def spalbum(text):
     """spalbum <album> -- Search Spotify for <album>"""
-    params = {'q': text.strip()}
-
-    request = requests.get('http://ws.spotify.com/search/1/album.json', params=params)
+    params = {
+        "q": text.strip(),
+        "offset": 0,
+        "limit": 1,
+        "type": "album"
+    }
+
+    request = requests.get(api_url, params=params)
     if request.status_code != requests.codes.ok:
         return "Could not get album information: {}".format(request.status_code)
 
-    data = request.json()
+    data = request.json()["albums"]["items"][0]
 
     try:
-        _type, _id = data["albums"][0]["href"].split(":")[1:]
+        artist, name, url, uri = (data["artists"][0]["name"],
+                                  data["name"],
+                                  data["external_urls"]["spotify"],
+                                  data["uri"])
+
     except IndexError:
-        return "Could not find album."
-    url = web.try_shorten(gateway.format(_type, _id))
+        return "Unable to find any albums!"
 
-    return "\x02{}\x02 by \x02{}\x02 - {}".format(data["albums"][0]["name"],
-                                                  data["albums"][0]["artists"][0]["name"], url)
+    return "\x02{}\x02 by \x02{}\x02 - {} / {}".format(name, artist,
+                                                       url, uri)
 
 
-@hook.command
+@hook.command("spartist", "artist")
 def spartist(text):
     """spartist <artist> -- Search Spotify for <artist>"""
-    params = {'q': text.strip()}
-
-    request = requests.get('http://ws.spotify.com/search/1/artist.json', params=params)
+    params = {
+        "q": text.strip(),
+        "offset": 0,
+        "limit": 1,
+        "type": "artist"
+    }
+
+    request = requests.get(api_url, params=params)
     if request.status_code != requests.codes.ok:
         return "Could not get artist information: {}".format(request.status_code)
 
-    data = request.json()
+    data = request.json()["artists"]["items"][0]
 
     try:
-        _type, _id = data["artists"][0]["href"].split(":")[1:]
+        artist, url, uri = (data["name"],
+                            data["external_urls"]["spotify"],
+                            data["uri"])
     except IndexError:
-        return "Could not find artist."
-    url = web.try_shorten(gateway.format(_type, _id))
+        return "Unable to find any artists!"
 
-    return "\x02{}\x02 - {}".format(data["artists"][0]["name"], url)
+    return "\x02{}\x02 - {} / {}".format(artist, url, uri)
 
 
 @hook.regex(http_re)
@@ -81,20 +98,21 @@ def spartist(text):
 def spotify_url(match):
     _type = match.group(2)
     spotify_id = match.group(3)
-    url = spuri.format(_type, spotify_id)
-    # no error catching here, if the API is down fail silently
-    params = {'uri': url}
-    request = requests.get('http://ws.spotify.com/search/1/artist.json', params=params)
-    if request.status_code != requests.codes.ok:
-        return
-    data = request.json()
+
     if _type == "track":
-        name = data["track"]["name"]
-        artist = data["track"]["artists"][0]["name"]
-        album = data["track"]["album"]["name"]
+        request = requests.get("https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/{}".format(spotify_id))
+        data = request.json()
+
+        return "Spotify Track: \x02{}\x02 by \x02{}\x02 from the album \x02{}\x02".format(data["name"], data["album"]["artists"][0]["name"], data["album"]["name"])
 
-        return "Spotify Track: \x02{}\x02 by \x02{}\x02 from the album \x02{}\x02".format(name, artist, album)
     elif _type == "artist":
-        return "Spotify Artist: \x02{}\x02".format(data["artist"]["name"])
+        request = requests.get("https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{}".format(spotify_id))
+        data = request.json()
+
+        return "Spotify Artist: \x02{}\x02, followers: \x02{}\x02, genres: \x02{}\x02".format(data["name"], data["followers"]["total"], ', '.join(data["genres"]))
+
     elif _type == "album":
-        return "Spotify Album: \x02{}\x02 - \x02{}\x02".format(data["album"]["artist"], data["album"]["name"])
+        request = requests.get("https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/{}".format(spotify_id))
+        data = request.json()
+
+        return "Spotify Album: \x02{}\x02 by \x02{}\x02".format(data["name"], data["artists"][0]["name"])