Spotify playlist collaboration through Slack. Brought to you by the lovely people at Benchmark.
Simply create a Slash Command, such as /jukebox, which accepts a track name (also the artist too for a less fuzzy search) to add to a pre-defined Spotify playlist:
/jukebox Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison
##Installation
First you'll want to create your Slack Slash Command, which you can do by going to your Slash Commands page.
During setup, have your slash command submit a POST to your app's /store endpoint, e.g. https://app-name.herokuapp.com/store.
Make a note of the token, as you'll need it later to help guard against cross-site request forgery.
###Spotify
Head over to Spotify's Developer Site and create a new Application. Make sure you add whatever slackbox's callback URI as a valid callback URI. If you're running locally, this will be http://localhost:5000/callback or on Heroku https://app-name.herokuapp.com/callback
Make a note of the key, secret and callback URI too, as you'll need these later as well.
Also, don't forget to make a playlist. If you do this through Spotify's web interface then the playlist identifier will be the last segment of the URI - make a note of this too! If there's a better way of finding this out, we're all ears. If you do this through the app, right-click the playlist to get it's web URL and again, you need the last segment of the URI.
###Environment variables
Once you've cloned slackbox or hit the "Deploy with Heroku" button you'll need to setup the following environment variables. These can either be stored in a .env or set up as config variables in Heroku.
SLACK_TOKEN- The token from Slack's Slash Command.SPOTIFY_KEY- Your Spotify application key (a.k.a Client ID).SPOTIFY_SECRET- Your Spotify application secret (a.k.a Client Secret).SPOTIFY_USERNAME- Your Spotify username.SPOTIFY_PLAYLIST_ID- Your playlist identifier.SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI- URI to redirect to once your user has allowed the application's permissions.
###Authentication
Visit your slackbox's home page to authenticate yourself with Spotify and you should be all set!