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Show HN: Spotify Live Banner – Real-Time 'Now Playing' Widget for GitHub READMEs
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](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](https://github.com/SahooShuvranshu/Spotify-Live-Banner https://github.com/SahooShuvranshu/Spotify-Live-Banner)
- jbg100 11mo agolooks cool. what about also a spotify-like banner that shows when someone is reading READMEs, etc?
- SahooShuvranshu 11mo agoThat'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.