Amazon Music Discord Rich Presence

Show what you're listening to on the Amazon Music web player in your Discord status — title, artist, album art, progress bar, the works.

Features

• Live track title, artist, and album art
• Spotify-style progress bar with elapsed and total time
• Animated album art for albums that have it (a small but growing fraction — Lover, SOS, Music of the Spheres, Midnights, recent Apple-curated releases, etc.)
• Small image overlay showing the artist's photo — or a side-by-side split for multi-artist tracks
• Click the album art → opens a song.link page so anyone viewing can listen on Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube Music / etc.
• Click the artist photo → opens the artist on Amazon Music
• "Listen on song.link" button under the activity card
• Compact view in Discord's member list shows just the artist name; expanded view keeps the "Listening to Amazon Music" branding
• Hides automatically when music is paused
• Auto-starts at boot via macOS LaunchAgent — no terminal needed after install
• Survives Discord and bridge restarts cleanly
• Handles multiple Amazon Music tabs sensibly (only the actively-playing tab updates Discord)

Requirements

• macOS (the auto-start script is Mac-only; the bridge code itself is portable)
• Node.js v18+
• Google Chrome (or any Chromium browser that supports MV3 extensions)
• The Discord desktop app (browser Discord can't receive Rich Presence)
• Amazon Music

Setup

1. Create a Discord application

1. Go to discord.com/developers/applications → New Application
2. Name it anything (e.g. "Amazon Music")
3. Copy the Application ID — this goes in .env
4. Optional: under Rich Presence → Art Assets, upload any Amazon Music logo (512×512+) and name it amazon_music. Used as a fallback when an artist photo isn't found.

2. Get a Spotify Developer app (for artist photos)

1. Go to developer.spotify.com/dashboard → Create app
2. Name and description: anything
3. Redirect URI: http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback (not actually used — required field)
4. APIs/SDKs: select Web API
5. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret

3. Get a Cloudinary account (for the multi-artist composite and animated album art)

1. Sign up free at cloudinary.com — Programmable Media plan
2. Copy your Cloud name from the dashboard
3. Settings (gear icon) → Security → make sure "Fetched URL" is not in Restricted image types
4. Settings → Upload → scroll to Upload presets → Add upload preset
   • Name: amazon_rpc_motion (or anything — just remember it)
   • Signing mode: Unsigned (required)
   • Save

4. Install

git clone https://github.com/sh1vvy/AmazonDiscordRPC.git ~/AmazonDiscordRPC
cd ~/AmazonDiscordRPC/bridge
cp .env.example .env

Edit .env:

DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=...
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=...
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=...
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=...
CLOUDINARY_UPLOAD_PRESET=amazon_rpc_motion

Then:

./install.sh

This installs the dependencies and registers the bridge as a macOS LaunchAgent so it auto-starts every time you log in.

5. Load the Chrome extension

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Toggle Developer mode (top-right)
3. Click Load unpacked → select ~/AmazonDiscordRPC/extension

6. Done

Open music.amazon.com, play a song, and check Discord. Your activity should update within a few seconds.

Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
Nothing shows in Discord	Make sure the desktop Discord app is running (browser Discord doesn't support RPC). Then check tail /tmp/amazondiscordrpc.err.
Activity shows but no album art	Rare — iTunes probably doesn't have the track (very obscure tracks).
No artist photo overlay	Spotify creds missing or wrong in .env, or the artist isn't on Spotify.
Multi-artist split missing	Cloudinary cloud name missing, or "Fetched URL" is in Restricted image types.
Animated artwork not showing	Most albums simply don't have it — Apple Music only has motion artwork for ~5–10% of releases.
RPC stops after closing terminal	It shouldn't — the LaunchAgent keeps it running. Verify with launchctl list | grep amazondiscordrpc.

License

MIT.