Songify YouTube Integration

A browser extension that seamlessly integrates YouTube and YouTube Music with Songify, allowing you to display your currently playing songs in your stream or other applications.

Features

• Automatic Song Detection: Works with both YouTube and YouTube Music
• Custom Title Filtering: Remove unwanted text from video titles
• Direct Manual Fixes: Ability to manually correct titles directly from the extension
• Cover Art Support: Extracts album artwork from YouTube Music
• Artist Information: Separates artist and song title when available

How It Works

The extension monitors YouTube and YouTube Music pages in real-time, extracting information about currently playing videos/songs. This data is then sent to Songify via a WebSocket connection, allowing streamers to display current song information on their streams.

Title Filtering

The extension includes a powerful filtering system that can:

• Remove text in brackets [like this]
• Remove text in parentheses (like this)
• Remove text in curly braces {like this}
• Remove custom text patterns you define

Installation

1. Download from the Chrome Web Store (link coming soon)
2. Make sure Songify is installed and running on your computer
3. Enable the extension in your browser

Usage

Basic Usage

1. Open YouTube or YouTube Music in your browser
2. Set the webserver port in the extension (you can find in Songify -> Settings -> Web Server)
3. Play any video/song
4. The extension automatically sends song information to Songify
5. Songify displays this information based on your configured layout

Title Filtering

1. Click the extension icon in your browser toolbar
2. Go to the "Title Filters" tab
3. Add terms to filter from titles (e.g., "Official Video", "[HD]")
4. Special filters:
   • [*] - Removes all text in square brackets
   • (*) - Removes all text in parentheses
   • {*} - Removes all text in curly braces

Compatibility

• Works with YouTube and YouTube Music
• Compatible with Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers
• Requires Songify to be running for full functionality

Privacy

This extension only accesses data from YouTube and YouTube Music pages. The extracted information is only sent locally to the Songify application running on your computer via WebSocket.

Development

This extension is built using vanilla JavaScript with Chrome Extension Manifest V3 standards.

License

MIT License

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please open an issue on GitHub or contact us through our support channels.