Storyteller Discord RPC

Displays what you're reading or listening to on your Storyteller server as Discord Rich Presence!

Features

• Shows the current book you are reading or listening to
• Supports both playing and paused states
• Hides books from Discord based on keywords in the title (privacy feature)
• Automatically uploads cover art to Imgur (optional)
• Authenticates with your Storyteller server using username and password
• Works on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Docker

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Replace this image with a screenshot of your Discord Rich Presence showing a Storyteller book, or use a combined Storyteller + Discord logo.

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Configuration

Create a config.json file (see config/config.json.example for all options):

{
  "discord_client_id": "YOUR_DISCORD_CLIENT_ID",
  "storyteller_url": "http://localhost:3000",
  "storyteller_username": "your_username",
  "storyteller_password": "your_password",
  "show_progress": true,
  "use_storyteller_cover": true,
  "imgur_client_id": "YOUR_IMGUR_CLIENT_ID", // optional
  "exclude_keywords": ["private", "secret"] // books with these words in the title will not be shown
}

Installation & Usage

Windows

- Download and run the installer (admin for autostart) Not Yet Implimented

• Build (see below)
• Edit your config file
• The service will run on boot and update your Discord status

Linux / macOS

• Build from source
• Edit your config file
• Set up a systemd/user service or launch manually
• Example launchd/user service for macOS is com.storyteller.discord-rpc.plist

Docker *NOT YET IMPLIMENTED

~~- Clone the repo

• Edit your config file
• Run with docker compose up -d~~

Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/erictbar/Storyteller-RPC
cd Storyteller-RPC/storyteller-rpc
cargo build --release

Privacy

• No data is sent anywhere except to Discord and (optionally) Imgur for cover art
• Use exclude_keywords to keep certain books private

Credits

• Based on audiobookshelf-discord-rpc by 0xGingi
• Storyteller: https://storyteller-platform.gitlab.io/storyteller/