From f567a3e0937a30d24117d2318c8950da8b8c5a65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Fournier <124598538+dylan-fournier@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:43:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Updated readme.md (get it because thats always the first
 commit message)

i also made an api key mandatory to ping the last fm server at all, so it wont try with an empty key
---
 Server/databaseGenerator.py | 2 +-
 readme.md                   | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Server/databaseGenerator.py b/Server/databaseGenerator.py
index 7bdc3e9..9428460 100644
--- a/Server/databaseGenerator.py
+++ b/Server/databaseGenerator.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for i in songFiles:
         except:
             title = i
             artist = None
-    if args.art.lower() == "true":
+    if args.art.lower() == "true" and not(args.apikey == ""):
         try:
             image = ast.literal_eval(requests.post(url="http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getInfo&api_key="+apikeylastfm+"&artist="+artist+"&track="+title+"&format=json").text)["track"]["album"]["image"][1]["#text"]
             if image == "":
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a571016..2c026a7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Party Jukebox
 *This project requires VLC to play sound files*
+
+As always you can use `--help` on any of the python files to see all the properties that can be changed at runtime
 ## Purpose
 The **Party Jukebox** is a program that allows many people to add music, skip songs, play, and pause from any web device to the same device and playlist. \
 This was created for a personal use case for parties, and is a simple, (mostly) functional solution to have a collective playlist for local mp3 files. \
@@ -20,11 +22,12 @@ webbyBits.py
 ```
 
 1. Place mp3 files in the `sound/` folder
-2. Open `databaseGenerator.py` and put your LastFM API key in at the top (*optional*)
+2. Open `databaseGenerator.py` and put your LastFM API key in at the top or at runtime using `-k APIKey` (*optional*)
 3. Run `databaseGenerator.py`
     * *The `databaseGenerator.py` will index all mp3 files, and save the information to `songDatabase.json`*
     * *If getting images, this process may take a long time with a large amount of mp3 files*
 4. Run `webbyBits.py`
+    * *The port can be customized at runtime using* `-p portNumber` *as an atribute*
 
 You can now connect with the client and use the app as normal. \
 *Make sure you have turned down/off any other apps that might make noise or notification sounds* \
@@ -41,6 +44,8 @@ These are specific details on each section of the app, and how to use them
     - Running with `--mode (update/new)` either updates the current database and only adds new songs, or recreates the entire database (update is default)
     - Running with `--art (True/False)` retrieves art from  LastFM or doesn't (True is default)
         - *Can only generate one song / 0.25 seconds, to avoid pinging the LastFM server too much*
+    - Running with `--apikey (KEYhere)` sets the LastFM key for that run
+        - If this is set to an empty string (Default) the app runs in non-art mode
 - `songDatabase.json` stores all the information about each song in this format:
 ```
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