TuneSwitch

An open source playlist randomiser for Spotify

Overview

The app swaps music played by users online in multiple methods namely Normal,Travel and Channel Mode. App is made using Flutter and Python. Backend uses websocket connection with backend for real time swapping of music. The websocket part is implemented with Django Channels.The backend is deployed in Heroku.

Features

• Location based music swapping
• Works real-time
• Decreased Latency
• Works on any device with Spotify.
• Create and join Private channels to swap music privately.
• Retro UI
• Under MIT license

Dependencies

Flutter

• Spotify SDK
• Web Socket Channel
• Crypto
• TimeAgo
• Flutter Toast
• GeoLocator
• Flutter Launcher Icon

Python

• Django
• Django Rest Framework
• Django Channels

Screenshots

Local Setup

Flutter

• Go to Spotify Developers to obtain CLIENT_ID and setup a REDIRECT_URI there.
• Store the CLIENT_ID and REDIRECT_URI in .env file in root folder of Project.
• change the URL given in auth.dart to your own local URL.
• Run flutter pub get flutter run

Django

• Install the packages in Backend/requirements.txt.
• Install Redis.
• Run python3 manage.py migrate python3 manage.py runserver [YOUR_IP_ADDRESS]:8000

Issues

• No method to identify whether Spotify is installed in the running device.
• Location based music swapping can be Improved.
• Ads in spotify is not tolerated in some cases.
• When deployed, the request response time out creates a problem.

Other

For more details on local setup and working mail me at creattech2000@gmail.com