Metronome for LIFX

Pulses LIFX lights to the beat of songs being currently played on Spotify with two different colors that are varied with every song.

If you enjoy this program you can buy me a cup of coffee :)

What You Will Need

1. Get LIFX access token

2. Get Spotify client id and client secret, and set redirect URI

Here are your client id and client secret
Press edit settings, then once in the Spotify project settings add https://www.google.com/ as the redirect URI

3. Fill out metronomeconfig.txt

Open metronomeconfig.txt
Paste your LIFX token and your Spotify client id, secret, and username in the respective spots in the file
You can choose the pool of colors that the lights could be, the brightness, and the lights per beat in this file as well
Save the file

4. Download requirements.txt

After downloading requirements.txt open terminal or command prompt
Make sure pip is installed (if not, search "how to install pip")
Go to the directory where this project is saved in
Run: pip install -r requirements.txt in the command line to install the necessary libraries

5. Sign in to Spotify in Metronome for Lifx app

Run metronomeforlifx.py in terminal/command prompt
Sign in to Spotify account when prompted in browser
If sign in was successful, copy the URL of the page that you were redirected to after signing in (google.com/...). This is for authorization purposes. If sign in is unsuccessful re-run the program and attempt to sign in again
Paste this URL into prompt in command line

Make sure LIFX lights are on and online
Make sure metronomeconfig.txt is filled out with valid information
Make sure metronomeconfig.txt, requirements.txt, and metronomeforlifx.py are all in the same directory on your computer
Make sure a valid Spotify song is playing on the same account you signed in to
Make sure you have https://www.google.com/ saved as the redirect URI in your Spotify app settings