Level Up 03: Self-learning with spotifyr

# Level Up 03: Self-learning with spotifyr

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# SeminRs

- Informal, optional weekly sessions to help build a 'portfolio of skills'

- 1-2 hours of instruction, demos, walk throughs & activities to try out

### *Essentials*

- Focused on the fundRmental skills to help you get started with learning R  
- Covering: basic wrangling & visualising data, '.bold.pink[pretty]' R Markdown, inline code, debugging...

### *Level Up*

- Focused on more advanced programming skills & applying these skills to new .bold.orange[fun] topics  
- Covering: Papaja, advanced wrangling & manipulation of data, '.bold.italic.pink[even prettier]' R Markdown, spotifyR...

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*Session topics are not fixed - use the [Padlet](https://uofsussex.padlet.org/de84/seminrs) for suggestions!*

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# Setup & Suggested Workflow

- Create one R project file for all seminR sessions, create an r_docs & data folder & save all Rmds and datasets to these folders respectively

- Make a cheat sheet of useful functions and .orange[#] comment their meaning and usage as you go through seminRs, practicals, tutorials etc.

### .orange[Task]: 
Open/create your seminRs project

#### .orange[Reminder]:

File > New Project... New Directory > New Project > *Give your project a name & location*

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# Session Objectives

### Self-learning with spotifyr

- Self-learning is a key skill when learning to code  
- Need to develop good problem-solving skills to advance your knowledge independently    
- spotifyr is a fun package to develop these skills with

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### Tips

- Use the package documentation in the help pane .orange[?function or ?package]  
- Find package documentation using help search .orange[??function or ??package]  
- Search questions/solutions online - ensure you can understand other people's code before copying it    
- Break down/change each line of code to understand it's function - play around!!

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# spotifyr

- spotifyr is a package for pulling information from Spotify’s Web API  
- Used for accessing data relating to artists/tracks/playlists   
- Can create & follow playlists, get recommendations, pause/skip songs    
- Generally just contains lots of cool functions..

## Setup

All the information you need to get started can be found in the [setup .Rmd.](https://and.netlify.app/seminr/03/level_up/levelup_03.Rmd) Make sure to download this file to your seminRs Rproj directory or move it there manually.

Read the entire document first, then work through each step & ask any questions if you get stuck with accessing your data!

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# Some Suggested Tasks

1. Find out what functions exist in the spotifyr package (hint: use ??package_name or search online)  
1. Pick a spotifyr function & describe the inputs and function to us (hint: use ?function_name)
1. Have a look at the commands given in the .Rmd, look at the function arguments in the documentation & try changing some of the values to see how the output changes    
1. Use the get_user_playlists() function to see your playlists  
1. Use the get_playlist_audio_features() on a playlist
1. Use get_my_currently_playing()	to see what you are playing right now, & skip the song with skip_my_playback()    
1. Create a playlist using create_playlist()  
1. Add tracks to playlist using add_tracks_to_playlist()

Ultimately, just play around, see what information you can find out and what you can do!!

### .orange[Tips]

Try to figure it out yourself first before asking for help - look at package documentation/search online

Remember to give all relevant information whenever you get an error & need help (in any class) - we need the entire code that generated the error & the full error message

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