Moosic.me: Spotify Playlist Generator based on Last.fm similar tracks

http://www.moosic.me/

Moosic.me is a web application created for the course of Speech Processing in Department of Informatics of Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. This web application accepts as input a list of tracks by the user and generates a playlist with similar tracks, according to Last.fm. Then the generated playlist can be added to the user's Spotify account with one click.

Technologies and tools

This web application integrates the following technologies and tools:

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript
• JQuery
• Bootstrap
• Node.js
• Last.fm API
• Spotify Web API

Building the code

1. Install Node.js

2. Install npm

3. Download or clone the code:

git clone https://github.com/kostaspardalis/moosic.me.git

4. Use npm to install all dependencies for this app:

cd ./moosic.me
npm install

5. Get an API key from Last.fm. Then copy and paste it in the ./moosic.me/public/javascript/lastfm.js file. (See the comments in the file).

6. Create a new apllication on Spotify. If you're running the app in localhost set http://127.0.0.1:3000/spotify/callback as Redirect URI. Next copy the Client ID and Redirect URI and paste in the the ./moosic.me/public/javascript/spotify.js file. (See the comments in the file).

7. Run the app:

nodejs app.js

8. Open the app in your browser using the address http://127.0.0.1:3000.