Now-Playing Bot

Real-time Spotify "Now Playing" status card for Telegram channels — one pinned message that updates in place as the track changes.

About

Now-Playing Bot pins a single message in a Telegram channel showing the current or last played Spotify track — album art, song, and artist — and updates it in place every couple of minutes. No message spam.

How it works

It builds on spotify-github-profile.kittinanx.com, so no Spotify Developer app is needed — it reuses the auth already granted for the GitHub README widget (Premium required under Spotify’s 2026 Developer Mode rules). The bot must be a channel admin with Post and Pin permissions.

Layout

api/health.ts, api/poll.ts — Vercel functions
lib/svg-parser.ts, lib/telegram.ts — Shared logic
vercel.json — Config

Stack

TypeScriptVercel FunctionsTelegram Bot API