PyNowify

A simple app to display your currently playing Spotify track on a Raspberry Pi, made with python-tk.

This repo is a re-implementation of Nowify in python

PyNowify will:

• ✅ - Use Spotify Web API to get your current track
• ✅ - Only access that and no other data
• ✅ - Use Access and Refresh Tokens to ensure that you're kept logged in between sessions
• ✅ - Display the current track artist, cover, and a matching vibrant background colour

Preview:

How to use

Prerequisites

You will need:

• Python >= 3.10 (with Tk)
• Spotify Client Keys
• A device to display Nowify

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install the packeg
3. Create Spotify client keys
4. Create the .env file with the keys and you configuration

Usgae

Launch py-nowify from the directory your .env resides

Alternatively you can create a launcher to run it on stratup

Create Spotify Client keys

• Go to the Spotify Developer Dashboard.
• Log in and click Create an App.
• Copy the Client ID and Client Secret.
• In your app settings on the dashboard, add http://127.0.0.1:3000 (or your custom URI) under Redirect URIs.
• Copy down the Client Secret and Client ID and save your app in the Spotify Dashboard.
• Copy your parameters into a file named .env in the root of your project directory.
  • Replace <SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID> and <SPOTIFY_SECRET> with your actual credentials.

Configuration

This document provides details for configuring the environment variables required by the application. Create a .env file in the directory from which you will run the app.

Variable Reference

🎵 Spotify API Credentials

🖥️ Display & Window Settings

Example .env File

SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID="<SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID>"
SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET="<SPOTIFY_SECRET>"
SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI="http://127.0.0.1:3000"
FULLSCREEN=false
WINDOW_HEIGHT=480
WINDOW_WIDTH=800
LOCK_ASPECT_RATIO=false
RESIZEABLE=true