Get now playing track Apple Music API

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sergiossm97 OP

Created Mar ’19

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Hi,

I'm developing an app that needs to retrieve information on the track the user is listening to in Apple Music, but what I found so far in the API documentation is fetching recent activity.

Does anyone know if Apple Music API provides this service?

Thanks.

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Answer 1

JonasJoel OP

Aug ’20

Hey, I was searching for the same, but there is´nt a API for. Really sad... other streaming services have this

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Answer 2

anaclumos OP

Nov ’22

Now there is. Although this is not a "now" playing API, it is the closest.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi/get_recently_played_tracks

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Answer 3

hiddevdploeg OP

Dec ’22

The closest thing to this is by observing the SystemMusicPlayer.shared this class gives you queue and state instance properties . With the currentEntry.item of the queue you can get a Song or MusicVideo ID so you can use that to fetch the right content

More about SystemPlayer: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/musickit/systemmusicplayer

EDIT: Just noticed this was about the Apple Music API and not MusicKit

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