FAQ's

1. Can I use a MongoDB cloud instance?

• Yes you can, in the server .env file, on a new line add DEV_DB_CONN=<your-connection-string>

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2. How do I know that the server responds to requests?

• While the server is running, open up your browser and go to localhost:3001/heartbeat
• You should see a response as such:

3. When trying to login, I get an "Invalid redirect URI" error. How can I fix this?

• If you encounter this error:

• Ensure that the spotify URI you have registered on your application matches line 9 inside of the passport.js file in the server directory. Ensure that the server is also running on that port you have mentioned (in our case 3001)
• For example the URI on my console:

• matches the URI on my passport.js file:

4. I get a "OAuth2Strategy requires a clientID option" when trying to start the server

• If you encounter this error:

• Ensure that the the SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID and SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET is set in the .env for the client.

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5. I can't view statistics on certain pages :(

• When you login and browse around the app and see empty screens (like the screenshots below), you probably do not have enough music history (i.e. you need to listen to more music!)

6. Top Artists Graph page is unresponsive

• When the top artists graph load it should look like this and be responsive:

• However when you zoom in and out on your browser page then it could look like this:

• If this does happen, then refresh the page and it should be fine :)

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7. How do I test the app?

Client

• > cd client
• > npm test

Server

• > cd server
• > npm test

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8. Help! something is not working!

• Feel free to contact Nisarag on his university email address (UPI) which can be found in the README or homepage of the Wiki