deezer-proxy-api

This is a simple Express Typescript API which consumes deezer public API

How set up locally

Prerequisite

You need the following installed:

node: >14

Steps

1. Clone this repository
2. In your shell/terminal, navigate to deezer-proxy-api directory.

   cd /path/to/deezer-proxy-api
   

3. Install dependencies

   npm install
   

4. Create .env in root dictory and add the following

   PORT:<portnumber> // 8080 default
   DEEZER_URL=https://api.deezer.com
   

5. Start the server

   npm run dev
   

API endpoints

Here is the hosted version https://deezer-proxy-api.herokuapp.com/api/v1. The following endpoints are available

enpoint	descriptions	examples
/tracks?q=	Fetch Tracks based on the query params. Use q for general search and (track, artist, label and album) for specific search	/api/v1/tracks?q=eminem, /api/v1/tracks?track=i need a dollar, /api/v1/tracks?artist=eminem, /api/v1/tracks?artist=eminem&track=track name&album
/artists/:id	Fetch an Artist by id	/api/v1/artists/1