Apple Music Now Playing

This project lets you fetch and display the SVG image of the currently playing track from Apple Music.

Demo

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Prerequisites

• Node 14
• npm
• An Apple Music developer token

Setup

1. Clone the repo and install the dependencies:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/apple-music-now-playing.git
   cd apple-music-now-playing
   npm install

2. Create a .env file in the root directory. We'll get back to USER_TOKEN later.

   DEVELOPER_TOKEN=your_developer_token
   USER_TOKEN=your_user_token
   

3. Build and start the client app to retrieve the Apple Music user token:

   npm run build:client
   npm run client

4. Open the client app and click "Login with Apple Music." After successful authentication, click "Check Authorization" to display the user token on the page.

5. Copy the user token and add it to .env.

6. Start the express server to display the SVG widget:

   npm run dev

7. Deploy to Vercel:

   vercel