Spotigo - Spotify Now Playing Logger

Spotigo is a lightweight tool that logs the currently playing Spotify track using D-Bus and writes the information into text files. These files can be used in OBS to display the song title and cover art in real-time.

Installation

Prerequisites

• A Linux system with systemd and D-Bus
• Go installed (go command available in PATH)

Steps

make install

This will:

1. Compile the Spotigo binary.
2. Install it into ~/.local/bin/.
3. Install the systemd user service.
4. Reload the systemd user instance.

To enable and run the service, run:

systemctl --user enable --now spotigo.service

To uninstall, run:

make uninstall

Integration with OBS

1. Add a Text (GDI+) source in OBS.
2. Set the file path to: /run/user/<USERID>/spotigo/spotify_now_playing.txt
3. (Optional) The cover art URL will be available in a separate file
   • Integration into OBS is currently TBD. Feel free to submit a PR.
   • This file contains the URL: /run/user/<USERID>/spotigo/spotify_cover_url.txt

Spotigo will keep these files updated with the current song title and cover art.

License

GPLv3