PlaylistTracker: A JavaScript repository from LeeKevin

#PlaylistTracker (demo)

I mainly made this so I could automatically save the tracks from Spotify's Weekly Discover playlist. I always forget which songs were added to the playlist in previous weeks.

##Installation

The app is separated into two parts: a super-simple server folder for serving and storing playlist tracks, and a static app folder that can be served from gh-pages or a CDN.

###Copy the project files

First, fork the repo and clone it to your local machine by typing git clone https://github.com/<YOUR-GITHUB-HANDLE>/PlaylistTracker.git. This will clone the project files for your use.

Alternatively, you can just download the project files and copy it somewhere on your machine.

###Server

Make sure your server machine is running redis and has node.js installed before continuing.

Copy the contents of server to wherever you'll be serving this from.

Create a configuration file at config/config.json relative to the server.js file. The contents of this file should contain:

The Spotify API client id and secret key,
The Spotify username and playlist id to track (I'm using the Spotify Weekly Discover playlist, which is user spotifydiscover and playlist 6yvCTzloWw32VYEuNjeuRU), and
The listening port for socket.io:

{
  "authentication": {
    "client_id": "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>",
    "client_secret": "<YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET>"
  },
  "target": {
    "user": "<SPOTIFY_USER>",
    "playlist": "<SPOTIFY_PLAYLIST_ID>"
  },
  "listenPort": 55555
}

Then, run

npm install

To start the app, run

redis-server
node main.js

###App

In the app folder, create a config/config.json file that contains the server url (don't include the protocol) and port (should be the same as listenPort above).

Example:

{
  "server": {
    "url": "localhost",
    "port": 55555
  }
}

Then, run

npm install
gulp --production

And copy the contents of public to wherever you'll be serving the pages from.

LeeKevin/PlaylistTracker