liri-node-app

Welcome to the liri-node-app!

This project is a node/javascript CLI (command line interface) that allows users to enter simple commands and receive back movie and song information in the console.

Technologies Used

• javascript-programming language.
• node.js-for CLI
• Spotify API-to access song information.
• OMDB API-to access movie information.
• npm Axios-to streamline access to the OMDB API
• nom FS-to read and write to files.
• npm Moment-to convert a timestamp to easily readable format.
• npm Inquirer-to prompt with a list of valid commands.

Deployed Version LInk

https://ericbillings.github.io/liri-node-app/ https://github.com/EricBillings/liri-node-app

To get started with the program:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.

2. Run npm install on the command line to install local dependencies.

3. Obtain Spotify and OMDB keys:

   1. For Spotify, visit https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/quick-start/

   2. For OMDB, visit http://www.omdbapi.com/

4. Next, create a file named .env in your local repository, add the following to it, replacing the values with your API keys (no quotes) once you have them:

# Keys

SPOTIFY_ID=your-spotify-id
SPOTIFY_SECRET=your-spotify-secret
omdb=your-omdb-key

Using the app

1. Navigate to your repository using the command line.

2. Type one of the following commands (without quotes) to search for movie or song information.

   1. spotify-this-song “song name” to obtain information about a specific song.

   2. movie-this “movie-name” to obtain information about a specific movie.
   3. do-what-it-is to run a stored search command.
   4. invalid command entry If the user enters an invalid command, he/she will be prompted with a list of valid commands.

After each command entry, the app logs the command to the log.txt file with a timestamp.

Help with the app

Message Eric_Billings (developer & maintainer) on GitHub for assistance with the application.

About the developer

Visit Eric’s portfolio page to see this and other projects:

https://ericbillings.github.io/Bootstrap-Portfolio/