auto-update-web-scrobbler

Synchronize Web Scrobbler LevelDB file with tomacheese/fetch-youtube-bgm.

Features

• When playing a YouTube video, the title and artist set in fetch-youtube-bgm will correctly scrobble.
• It has a synchronization feature with fetch-youtube-bgm, so changes made in either fetch-youtube-bgm or Web Scrobbler will be correctly merged with the registration information.
• ⚠️ Due to LevelDB specifications, data cannot be updated while the browser is running.

Prerequisite

• Supported operating system
  • Windows 64 bit (Tested with Windows 11 23H2)
  • macOS (Not tested)
  • Ubuntu (Not tested)
• Chrome (but any browser that can install Chrome extensions can be used)
  • The extension Web Scrobbler must be installed and in use.
• Node.js Runtime

Installation

1. Download and extract the package Zip for your OS

Download the appropriate Zip file for your OS from the release page.

• Windows: auto-update-web-scrobbler_v{X.Y.Z}-ubuntu.zip
• macOS: auto-update-web-scrobbler_v{X.Y.Z}-ubuntu.zip
• Ubuntu: auto-update-web-scrobbler_v{X.Y.Z}-ubuntu.zip

After downloading, extract the file to a folder of your choice.

2. Create a configuration file

Create data/config.json and write the following JSON. Note that the strings enclosed in < and > should be replaced with the correct ones.

• <fetch-youtube-bgm server url>: Enter the URL where tomacheese/fetch-youtube-bgm is running.
  • Access <fetch-youtube-bgm server url>/api/tracks and verify that the track information list is displayed correctly in JSON format.
• <extension settings folder path>: Specify the configuration folder for the Web Scrobbler extension. Backslashes (\) should be escape (\\).
  • Default Folder in Chrome on Windows: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\hhinaapppaileiechjoiifaancjggfjm\
  • Multiple folder paths can be specified.

{
  "server": "<fetch-youtube-bgm server url>",
  "browser": {
    "levelDbPath": [
      "<extension settings folder path>"
    ]
  }
}

3. Run index.js

Execute the following command to run `index.js

node index.js

If you get the following error here, please review it.

• Cannot find module '.../node.napi.node'
  • In Windows and Ubuntu environments, the N-API is a dependency; store the prebuilds folder in the zip file in the same folder as index.js.
• Failed to update Config path not found
  • There does not seem to be a configuration file in the correct location. Please create a data folder and create config.json in it.
• Failed to update ({"code":"ECONNREFUSED"...
  • The URL of the fetch-youtube-bgm server seems to be incorrect.
• Failed to update ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat ...
  • The configuration folder path for the Web Scrobbler extension may be incorrect.
• Failed to open database Database is not open, LevelDB is not writable. Skip: ...
  • The Web Scrobbler extension configuration file cannot be opened because the browser is still open. Please close your browser.

4. Set up automatic synchronization at computer startup

Create the file UpdateWebScrobbler.vbs and write the following:

Set ws = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
ws.run "cmd /c node index.js", 0, False

Please put a shortcut to the vbs file you created in your startup (shell:startup).

License

The license for this project is MIT License.