Name: Liri-Node-App
Created for: Northwestern Coding Bootcamp
Developer: Natalia Kukula
Deployment Date: November 7, 2018
Runtime: Node.js
Command Line: Git Bash
Built with: Javascript, Node File System
API: (OMBD, Bands In Town, Spotify)
NPM: (dotenv, request, moment.js, node-spotify-api)
Liri is a CLI application that sends requests to OMDB, Bands in Town and Spotify APIs in the node.js environment.
Liri is a language interpretation and recognition interface that takes in parameters (commands) and gives back a data response.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
node liri.js spotify-this-song (song name) |
Liri searches Spotify API for songs |
node liri.js movie-this (movie title) |
Liri searches OMDB API for movies |
node liri.js concert-this (band/artist name) |
Liri searches Bands in Town API for concerts |
node liri.js do-what-it-says |
Liri reads a file to perform a search based on the string in it |
The full demo is available on Youtube.
- command pulls a limit of 5 items from the Spotify API (artist, song, link, album)
- npm package "node-spotify-api" utilized to make the call
- if no song is provided in command, liri pulls up a search of "The Sign" by Ace of Base
- command pulls a movie from the OMDB API (title, year, imdb rating, rotten tomatoes rating, country, language, plot, actors)
- npm package "request" utilized to make the call
- if no title is provided in command, liri pulls up a search of "Mr. Nobody"
- command pulls a limit of 5 events from the Bands In Town API (artist, venue, date)
- npm package "request" utilized to make the call
- if there are no concerts available, liri says "No concerts..."
- command pulls a string from random.txt file and runs it as one of the 3 previous commands
- node file system function "fs.readFile()" used to access the data
- current text "hard coded" in file: spotify-this-song,"I Want it That Way"
My first backend app.