Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
Show HN: Spotify Live Banner – Real-Time 'Now Playing' Widget for GitHub READMEs
1 points by SahooShuvranshu 220 days ago
Hello HN,

I built and open-sourced Spotify-Live-Banner, a project designed to embed a dynamic, real-time image of the user's currently playing Spotify song into their online profiles (primarily GitHub READMEs).

*Technical Details:* * Built as a minimalist web service using *Python (Flask)*. * Authenticates via Spotify API to pull live track data. * Dynamically renders a customizable SVG image based on that data. * Configured for easy, free deployment on Vercel.

It's intended as a polished, customizable utility for developers looking to add dynamic content to their profiles.

I'd appreciate any technical feedback on the Flask implementation or the SVG rendering approach.

*Live Demo:* [https://spotify-live-banner.vercel.app](https://spotify-live-banner.vercel.app)

*GitHub Repo:* [https://github.com/SahooShuvranshu/Spotify-Live-Banner](https://github.com/SahooShuvranshu/Spotify-Live-Banner)

1 comments

looks cool. what about also a spotify-like banner that shows when someone is reading READMEs, etc?
That's a great idea—like a general "developer presence" banner.

You could extend it to show "Currently coding in [Repo]" (maybe pulling from a plugin like WakaTime) or "Currently writing a blog post."

It turns a static profile into a dynamic "what I'm doing now" page.