Spotify Auto Genius Opener

An application that automatically opens Genius lyrics pages for currently playing Spotify tracks.

Features

• 🔍 Monitors currently playing track in Spotify
• 🎵 Automatically detects track changes
• 📖 Opens the corresponding Genius lyrics page
• 🔄 Falls back to Genius search if exact match not found
• ⚡ Real-time tracking with minimal resource usage
• 💻 Cross-platform support (Windows & Linux)

How It Works

Windows:

1. The application continuously monitors Spotify's window title
2. When a new track starts playing, it:
   • Extracts the track information from the window title
   • Searches for the track on Genius
   • Opens the exact lyrics page if found
   • Falls back to Genius search results if no exact match is found

Linux:

1. The application uses D-Bus to get track's metadata from Spotify
2. When a new track starts playing, it:
   • Gets track's artist and title
   • Searches for the track on Genius
   • Opens the exact lyrics page if found
   • Falls back to Genius search results if no exact match is found

Requirements

• Windows or Linux operating system
• Spotify desktop application
• Go 1.16 or higher

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/spotify-auto-genius-opener.git
cd spotify-auto-genius-opener

2. Install dependencies:

go mod download

3. Build the application:

go build -o spotify-auto-genius

Usage

1. Start Spotify and play some music
2. Run the application:

./spotify-auto-genius

The application will automatically:

• Monitor your Spotify playback
• Open Genius pages for new tracks
• Show search results if exact match isn't found

License

MIT License - feel free to use and modify as you wish!