README.md

Spotify Playlist Voting Website

Firebase Setup

• Create a free Spark Firebase Account at https://firebase.google.com/
• Create a Firebase Project
• Create a Cloud Firestore
• Create a service account that will be used by the API. Project settings -> Service accounts -> Click on "Manage service account permissions"
• Create a new private key file and save it in the root of the application named firebaseServiceAccountKey.json. The file contents should look like this:

{
  "type": "service_account",
  "project_id": "YOUR PROJECT ID HERE",
  "private_key_id": "YOUR PRIVATE KEY ID HERE",
  "private_key": "YOUR PRIVATE KEY HERE",
  "client_email": "YOUR CLIENT EMAIL HERE",
  "client_id": "YOUR CLIENT ID HERE",
  "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
  "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
  "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
  "client_x509_cert_url": "YOUR CERT URL HERE"
}

Spotify Setup

• Login to https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/login
• Create an App
• Create a new json file in the root of the application named spotifyApiDetails.json
• Add your App's client id, client secret and callback URL in the file in the following format:

{
    "client_id": "YOUR CLIENT ID",
    "client_secret": "YOUR CLIENT SECRET",
    "callback_url": "https://YOURWEBSITEDOMAIN/callback"
}

• When running locally the callback URL used will be http://localhost:8888/callback . When running on your web server, the url set in these settings will be used

Build the application

• Run npm install
• Run node app.js and the site will be running on http://localhost:8888