liri-node-app

LIRI is a command line Node.js application run from the terminal.

The user may enter in a variety of different commands, and gets one result at a time.

How to use

Clone down repo and using node package manager, npm install the listed packages into the root directory of the project. Create a .env file containing your spotify ID and API Key (Spotify Secret)

SPOTIFY_ID = <YOUR SPOTIFY ID>
SPOTIFY_SECRET= <YOUR UNIQUE API KEY>

Node Packages:

Package	Purpose	Link
fs	file system integration	nodejs.org/api/fs
dotenv	set enviornment variables	npmjs.com/package/dotenv
node-spotify-api	Spotify API	npmjs.com/package/node-spotify-api
request	Makes calls through http	npmjs.com/package/request
moment	Formats date/time	npmjs.com/package/moment

Getting Started

Make sure that all packages have been installed prior to running the code

// enables using hidden global variables
var dot = require('dotenv').config()

// link variables .env file
require('./keys.js'); 

// file system
require('fs')

// node packages
require('node-spotify-api');
require('request');
require('moment')

The node application can take in 1 of 4 commands

• concert-this <band> - Takes in one argument, the name of the band.
• spotify-this-song <song> - expects the title of a song and will return information along witha a 30s preview
• movie-this <movie> - Expects a movie title, and will return the plot summary along with actors, year, etc
• do-what-it-says - takes in no arguments, but expects a text file called "random.txt" to include the function and its respective parameter

Future Development:

Adding in functionality to log results in a separate text file If an artist has a newer version of an old song, it will give the most recent version not OG

Troubleshooting

Make sure that keys.js is in the root directory

// keys.js

exports.spotify = {
  id: process.env.SPOTIFY_ID,
  secret: process.env.SPOTIFY_SECRET,
};

Things to try:

Find the most popular song by an artist

node liri.js spotify-this-song <artist>