Jamming is a React app for creating and saving new playlists with Spotify.
In this project, I built a React web application called Jammming. I used the knowledge of React components, state, and requests with the Spotify API to build a website that allows users to search the Spotify library, create a custom playlist, then save it to their Spotify account.
- Spotify Login — the first time a user searches for a song, album, or artist, Spotify will ask them to log in or set up a new account.
- Search by Song, Album, or Artist — a user can type the name of a song, artist, or album into the search bar and click the SEARCH button.
- Populate Results List — Jammming displays the list of returned tracks from the user’s query.
- Add Song to a Custom Playlist — users can add a track to their playlist by selecting a + sign on the right side of the track’s display container.
- Remove Song from Custom Playlist — users can remove a track from their playlist by selecting a - sign on the right side of the track’s display container.
- Change Playlist Title — users can change the title of their custom playlist.
- Save Playlist to Account — users can save their custom playlist by clicking a button called SAVE TO SPOTIFY.
- Pressing enter triggers a search (done)
- After user redirect on login, restoring the search term from before the redirect (done)
- Include preview samples for each track
- Only display songs not currently present in the playlist in the search results
- Add a loading screen while playlist is saving
- Update the access token logic to expire at exactly the right time
- Ensure playlist information doesn’t get cleared if a user has to refresh their access token