DropTheBeat 0.0.4

Music sharing using Dropbox.

DropTheBeat

Music sharing using Dropbox.

Features

• Recommend songs to friends

• Get a list of songs shared by friends

• Download the songs to your computer

Getting Started

Requirements

• Python 3: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.3.3/#download

Installation

DropTheBeat can be installed with pip or easy_install:

pip install DropTheBeat

Or directly from the source code:

python setup.py install

Initial Setup

1. Create a folder named ‘DropTheBeat’ in your Dropbox

2. Share this folder with your friends

Graphical Interface

Start the app:

DropTheBeat

Command-line Inteface

Create your user folder:

dtb --new <FirstLast>

Recommend a song to friends:

dtb --share <path/to/a/song>
dtb --share <path/to/a/song> --users JohnDoe JaneDoe

Display recommended songs:

dtb --incoming
dtb --outoing

Download recommended songs:

dtb
dtb --daemon

Launch the GUI:

dtb --gui

For Developers

Requirements

• Python 3: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.3.3/#download

• GNU Make:

  • Windows: http://cygwin.com/install.html

  • Mac: https://developer.apple.com/xcode

  • Linux: http://www.gnu.org/software/make

• virtualenv: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv

• Pandoc: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/

Environment

Create a virtualenv:

make develop

Run static analysis:

make doc
make pep8
make pylint
make check  # all of the above

Run the tests:

make test
make tests  # includes integration tests

Launch the GUI from the virtualenv:

make gui  # sets TCL_LIBRARY on Windows