Spotify Web Now Playing

Export Spotify Web “now playing” song to a local file

What is Spotify Web Now Playing?

Spotify Web Now Playing is a Chrome extension that synchronizes a JSON file with the currently playing song on Spotify Web. It provides the artist, title and cover art URL of the playing song, enabling local usage of this information. This could be used for displaying the data on task bars or other applications.

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By: Alexandre Macabies

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Users: 1,000+

Version: 0.1.2 (Last updated: 2021-11-26)

Creation date: 2021-01-18

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

https://open.spotify.com/*

Size: 17.53K

Email: zo*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 29248 ▼ 109

Other rankings

#1032 in Accessibility #181 in song keyword 56 ▼ 9 #240 in artist keyword 4 ▼ 17

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Summary

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This extension keeps a JSON file in sync with the currently playing song on Spotify Web (open.spotify.com). This is useful to make use of that information locally, for instance displaying the title and artist in the task bar, or whatever else you fancy.

The JSON file includes: the artist, the title and the cover art URL.

Please refer to https://github.com/zopieux/spotify-now-playing-chrome-extension for more technical details and integration examples.

WHAT'S NEW?

v0.1.2: fixes a bug that prevented the extension from working
v0.1.1: the startup routine is now more robust to slow page loads.

Safety

Risk impact

Spotify Web Now Playing may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.