Share your music in Slack!

Hello DEV! Today I'm here to show off a fun project that allows you to share whatever music you're currently listening to as a status in Slack.

* Supports both Apple Music & Spotify

This will set your status emoji to a 🎵 (:musical_note:) and your status text to {Track_Name} by {Artist}.

Usage

Your musical status will automatically be set as long as:

1. You have Slack open
2. You are playing a song on Apple Music or Spotify
3. Your Slack status is empty OR your status emoji is the 🎵 (:musical_note:)

Installation

$ brew tap aedenmurray/tap
$ brew install listeningto

Configuration

To use the Slack API you will need a legacy token. Legacy tokens were deprecated in March of 2020. However, you can still retrieve a legacy token through some quick reverse engineering:

1. Go to https://my.slack.com/customize. (You must be logged in)
2. Right-click anywhere and open up the developer console.
3. In the JavaScript console run this code snippet:

window.prompt("API Token: ", TS.boot_data.api_token)

1. Once you have your API token, create a new file in your home directory:

$ nano ~/.slack_token

1. Paste your Slack API Token in the file. Save (^+O return) and exit (^+X)

Footnotes

Your Slack status should update about every 10 seconds.
The Homebrew Formula is defined here.

https://github.com/aedenmurray/listeningto