Taste Lynx

Automagically recieve new releases from your favorite spotify artists.

Features

• See artist suggestions based on your spotify preferences
• Search for and save your favorite artists
• Get new releases sent to a custom Spotify playlist every day

Tools / Technologies used

• Next.js
• React
• MongoDB
• Next Auth for spotify authentication
• Chakra UI

Already setup

• Authentication + refresh tokens
• Db storage
• Spotify api access
• Save artists
• Remove saved artists
• Trigger playlist update with most recent tracks
• Design homepage
• Cron job to check for releases every day

Todo

• Search for artists
• General UI improvements
• Make dashboard responsive

How to run locally

To run taste lynx locally, clone the repository, move to the root directory, and run:

yarn install

yarn dev

To work correctly, this project requires a .env file. A sample file has been provided as sample.env.

In the root directory create a file ".env" with the following variables:

• Database: You can use a free Atlas mongoDB database for testing purposes
  • DB_URI
• Spotify API: Keys can be generated by creating a spotify app
  • SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID
  • SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET
• Auth: You need to point nextAuth to the base url of your local server
  • NEXTAUTH_URL

Disclaimer

Taste Lynx is not responsible for any loss of data resulting from user or system error

Credit

Created by Gideon Shils