Spoti-Stats

Description:

Spoti-Stats is a C++ command line application which utilizes the Spotify Web API and allows you to search songs, tracks, albums, etc.

Goals:

• Use HTTP methods to communicate with API
• Implement solid practices through the use of OOP, design patterns, and practice other basic programming principles

Libraries and Packages:

• cpprestsdk (https://github.com/microsoft/cpprestsdk) : cpprestsdk from Microsoft used for Client/Server connection and oAuth authorization
• libcurl (https://curl.se/libcurl/) : libcurl allows the use of CRUD methods to communicate with the Spotify API
• nlohmann/json (https://github.com/nlohmann/json) : nlohmann json API allows for easy JSON manipulation in C++

Installing Libraries:

• cpprestsdk and nlohmann json

  • On MacOS: $ brew install nlohmann-json cpprestsdk
  • On Linux: $ sudo apt-get install nlohmann-json-dev

• libcurl:

  1. Install curl:
     Homebrew: $ brew install curl
       or
     Manually: Download package from: https://curl.se/download.html
  2. If any compilation errors occur, try setting:

     $ export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/curl/lib"
     $ export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/curl/include"
     

How to Use:

1. Clone the Spoti-Stats repository: $ git clone https://github.com/michaeldillahunty/Spoti-Stats-cpp.git
2. $ cd Spoti-Stats-cpp
3. $ mkdir build
4. $ cd build
5. On MacOS:
   Run $ cmake -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl -DOPENSSL_LIBRARIES=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2s/lib .. to get all necessary dependencies
6. make : will create 2 executable files: server and spotify
7. Run the executable file(s)
   a. To run in Guest Mode (no login required) - Use: $ ./spotify
   b. To run in User Mode (requires Spotify login and authentication):
   a. Run $ ./server
   b. Open another terminal instance and navigate to the same build directory
   - In the second instance run $ ./spotify