v-lai / new-favorite-songs-api

Back end for New Favorite Songs

New Favorite Songs API

A simple Flask API used to authenticate users with Spotify and get data on a user's favorite songs.

Set up

Assuming you're using virtualenvwrapper:

mikvirtualenv new-favorite-songs
pip install -r requirements.txt

Environment Variables

In order to get the application working locally, you'll need to register it with Spotify. Log in to Spotify and then go here to register your application. Give your app a name and a description.

Once registered, you will be given a Client ID, and a Client secret. Both will need to be stored in your postactivate file. You will also need to set a Redirect URI to http://localhost:3000/callback. (If you're curious about what's going on, take a look at Spotify's authorization guide.

Next, from within your virtual environment:

echo "export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_CLIENT_ID_HERE" >> $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/postactivate
echo "export SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET_HERE" >> $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/postactivate
echo "export SPOTIPY_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:3000/callback" >> $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/postactivate
deactivate
workon new-favorite-songs
python app.py

You should be good to go!

Note that this configuration assumes the front-end React app is being served from localhost:3000. Be sure to change your app's redirect URI and environment variable if you're serving from another port.