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In order for Soundbound to connect to Spotify and provide useful information to users, you'll need to procure yourself an OAuth2 Client ID from Spotify. Instructions to do so are below.
To access user's personal data - namely, fetch the user's profile (name & picture) as well as their Top Tracks/Top Artists. Because this is private data, it requires the user's consent - thus the authorization flow where a user signs into Spotify. Additionally, because Soundbound is requesting the user's information on their behalf, Spotify requires applications to register themselves and the OAuth2 client id is what Soundbound uses to identify itself.
Note the following instructions are from here.
To use the Web API, start by creating a Spotify user account (Premium or Free). To do that, simply sign up at www.spotify.com.
When you have a user account, go to the Dashboard page at the Spotify Developer website and, if necessary, log in. Accept the latest Developer Terms of Service to complete your account set up.
Any application can request data from Spotify Web API endpoints and many endpoints are open and will return data without requiring registration. However, if your application seeks access to a user’s personal data (profile, playlists, etc.) it must be registered. Registered applications also get other benefits, like higher rate limits at some endpoints.
You can register your application, even before you have created it.
You can call the application whatever you'd like - a good choice might be Soundbound - Dev. You also need to whitelist a callback url. The callback handler is at /oauth_callback so for local development, use:
http://localhost:3000/oauth_callback
These are the only required settings you'll need. Grab a copy of the Client ID from the dashboard and then you can close it up.
If you open the .env file located at the root of the repository, there's an empty entry for the variable REACT_APP_SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID. You can override that value with your client id by adding a .env.local file with the contents:
REACT_APP_SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=INSERT_YOUR_CLIENT_ID_HERE
You can also paste your id into the
.envfile if you'd prefer, but don't commit it to source control.
In the project directory, you can run:
Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.
The page will reload if you make edits.
You will also see any lint errors in the console.
Launches the test runner in the interactive watch mode.
See the section about running tests for more information.
Builds the app for production to the build folder.
It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.
The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed!
See the section about deployment for more information.
Note: this is a one-way operation. Once you eject, you can’t go back!
If you aren’t satisfied with the build tool and configuration choices, you can eject at any time. This command will remove the single build dependency from your project.
Instead, it will copy all the configuration files and the transitive dependencies (Webpack, Babel, ESLint, etc) right into your project so you have full control over them. All of the commands except eject will still work, but they will point to the copied scripts so you can tweak them. At this point you’re on your own.
You don’t have to ever use eject. The curated feature set is suitable for small and middle deployments, and you shouldn’t feel obligated to use this feature. However we understand that this tool wouldn’t be useful if you couldn’t customize it when you are ready for it.
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