spotify-api-intro

This Repo is the result of a tutorial that teaches how to use Spotify's API with react. It's a siple app that allos users to see what song they currently have playing on Spotify. There are two parts to it, the auth-server, and the client.

Getting Statrted

1) Create an App

• Visit https://developer.spotify.com/
• Log in and create an app
• Enter http//localhost:8888/callback as the redirect uri
• Save your changes
• Copy down the following: Redirect uri, client id, client secret

2) Start Auth Server

• Navigate to the auth-server directory cd auth-server
• Install the dependencies npm install
• Paste in the redirect uri, client id, and client secret you copied in step 1
• Run the Server node authorization_code/app.js

3) Start Client

• Navigate to the auth-server directory cd client
• Install the dependencies npm install
• Run the Server npm start

4) Use the App

• Make sure you have a song playing (or paused) on a Spotify app
• Visit http://localhost:3000
• Click 'Log in with Spotify' and log in
• Click the 'Check Now Playing' Button
• Your currently playing song's name and album art should appear