Josh Pigford
Josh Pigford
Maybe the solution is to have some sort of seed file of artists/albums/users so it's easy to get up and running without having to worry about all the authorization stuff?
Yes! So, this past weekend I rolled out a feature that actually saves your listening history (both through Spotify's API and via Last.fm if you connect that). I did that...
Currently what I've got in mind... This would be part of the BuildArtistJob that gets run each day. https://github.com/Shpigford/droptune/blob/master/app/jobs/build_artist_job.rb ```ruby # Figure out the last date the artist released an...
> P.P.P.S. Your less-than signs should be greater-than signs ;) @pnomolos < & > signs mixed with times and "days ago" gets freaking insane and none of it makes sense....
> Are you using Conditional Requests? That would cut down on the work each request needs to do, and presumably would give faster responses for the requests you do need...
@pnomolos > Thoughts on using new release list to remove artists from the list that needs to be checked for new releases? Spotify's New Release list isn't thorough enough for...
@pnomolos Problem in that scenario are _singles_. There are artists who put out singles every few weeks (especially leading up to a full release). 😕
Great idea! We'd have to build our own custom player (instead of using Apple Music/Spotify players) but long-term, definitely a great idea.
Great suggestion! Where does the data in your Last.fm account come from?
@danielwestendorf That's fantastic! Let me know if you need anything from me.