The purpose of this project is to initially test our knowledge of the building blocks of the Web (ie. HTML, CSS, and JS) and how to consume API's in order to create a unique web application specific to a need we see.
Given that each one of us are big consumers of music we thought a recommendation engine based on an artist or song you already enjoy would be a good way to start. The application is primarily built upon the LastFM and Napster API's. When a Artist or Artist/Song combo is input by the user, the applications queries the LastFM API and it's Similar Artist call to give us information. With that in hand, the application then leverages the Napster API to pull all relevant information for that intial call and display it to the user. The user is then allowed to search at their leisure and even enjoy quick song previews with song lyrics as well.
Many positives were gained out of this project. First and foremost was learning how to work as part of a dev team. With different schedules, lifestyles, and availability, accurate planning and communication were of the utmost importance and probably one of the major takeaways from this. Identifying workflow and properly resolving branch related conflict is another thing I believe we were able to come out of this stronger with. Finally, combing through documentation and simply putting in the time to research was displayed and learned throughout this entire process.
- Inez Escandon
- Marc Arguijo
- Ramon Garza
- CSS Framework
AS AN avid audiophile who's run through all their queues
I WANT to be able to get recommendations for like music I already enjoy
SO THAT I can continue to not go insane during COVID while staying entertained
GIVEN I am using a content recommendation engine to seek new music
WHEN I arrive at the page
THEN I am presented with the option to search for similar artists or songs
WHEN I enter input
THEN I am then given relevant recommendations based on the selected radio button
WHEN I click on any of the recommendations given
THEN I am presented with relevant content information (Ex. Albums, Artist Info, Song Info, Lyrics)
WHEN I click on links to the TOP Artists, Songs, Albums
THEN I will receive that infomration for the given month based on the API call
- From the Repo screen clone this repository to your local machine. Assuming you have a valid git terminal and SSH key, you can utilize the SSH URL provided along with the 'git clone' command.
- Open the repo in whatever development environment you so choose (ex. Visual Studio Code)
- Once viewing the source you may open in your default browser to view and inspect the page as you see fit.
Alternatively you may refer to the 'Site Link' provided above to visit the site as it has been depoloyed via GitHub Pages.
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Top artists Background Img, Photo by Atikh Bana on Unsplash
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Top Songs Background Img, Photo by Bruce Mars on Unsplash
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Top Albums Background Img, Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2020 Inez Escandon, Marc Arguijo, Ramon Garza
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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