LIRI-Bot

Overview:

LIRI is like iPhone's SIRI. However, while SIRI is a Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface, LIRI is a Language Interpretation and Recognition Interface. LIRI is a command line node app that takes in parameters and returns data based on one of the four commands:

• concert-this
• spotify-this-song
• movie-this
• do-what-it-says

Technologies Used:

• Node.js
• JavaScript
• Bands In Town API: http://www.artists.bandsintown.com/bandsintown-api
• OMDB API: http://www.omdbapi.com
• Spotify API

Required npm Packages:

• Node-Spotify-API

• Request

• Moment

• DotEnv

What Each Commands Does:

1. concert-this

   • node liri.js concert-this '<insert artist>'

   • This command utilizes request to retrieve information about the user-inputed artist from the Bands in Town Artist Events API ("https://rest.bandsintown.com/artists/" + artist + "/events?app_id= + YOUR_APP_ID") and returns the following information about each event to the terminal:

     • Venue Name
     • Venue Location
     • Date of the Event (Using moment to format this as "MM/DD/YYYY")

   • Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vfLueLOI6UHrl8jUtEohJtwXM0gVORjq/view

2. spotify-this-song

   • node liri.js spotify-this-song '<song name here>'

   • This command utilizes node-spotify-api to retrieve information about the user-inputed song from the Spotify API. The following information about the song is returned to the terminal:

     • Artist(s)
     • The name of the song
     • A preview of the song from Spotify
     • The album that the song is from

   • If no song is provided then your program will default to "The Sign" by Ace of Base.

   • Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZHNSX7CTfo471XW1KY4GkdU9FMQEK49/view

3. movie-this

   • node liri.js movie-this '<movie name here>'

   • This command utilizes request to retrieve information about the user-inputed movie from the OMDB API, and returns the following information about the movie to the terminal:

     • Title of the movie.
     • Year the movie came out.
     • IMDB Rating of the movie.
     • Rotten Tomatoes Rating of the movie.
     • Country where the movie was produced.
     • Language of the movie.
     • Plot of the movie.
     • Actors in the movie.

   • If the user doesn't type a movie in, the program will output data for the movie 'Mr. Nobody.'

   • Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Hrm00N2SxcUiB_f1olhBzVgjZQ9VZc9/view

4. do-what-it-says

   • node liri.js do-what-it-says

   • Using the fs Node package, LIRI will take the text inside of random.txt and then use it to call one of LIRI's commands.

   • Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hI_zWJI2FaLVYcSGZNsZ_y6XElz-Crd6/view

Before Beginning:

• Obtain a Spotify API client id and client secret
  1. Sign up as a developer to register a new application https://developer.spotify.com/my-applications/#!/applications/create
  2. Create an .env file in your project's directory
  3. Paste your SPOTIFY_ID and SPOTIFY_SECRET into the .env file
• Create a .gitignore file to prevent the following files from being committed to GitHub: node_modules .DS_Store .env

Author:

• Jenay McAuley