A GO server that uses the Spotify API to get a user's currently playing track

Prerequisites:

• A spotify account
• Create an app in the Spotify account to obtain data crucial to running the app.

Here is a breakdown of the code :

1. Get Authourized

• Authourization begins in Auth2Flow.go file in the LoginHandler func

  func LoginHandler(){
    //code
  }
  
  

2. Make Request

• After authourization, making api requests is now possible, this is done in the Getdata.go file inside the GetNowPlaying function.

func GetNowPlaying(){
//code
}

• A struct called SongInfo is created to filter the json to just the parameters desired. Alternatively you can remove this step and sift through all the JSON data recieved.

type SongInfo struct {
	SongName   string `json:"song_name"`
	ArtistName string `json:"artist_name"`
	AlbumArt   string `json:"album_art"`
	IsPlaying  bool   `json:"is_playing"`
}

3. Run Server

• Finally the server can be launched with previously mentioned functions as endpoints in the Auth2Flow.go file inside the Auth function.

func Auth(){

 //code

}

• Run the program by running go run main.go Auth2Flow.go Getdata.go in the terminal

• Remember to run sequentially starting with the :8888/login endpoint then the :8888/getdata endpoint in the browser.