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add documentation for youtube playlist integration

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@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ and set your `User`, `Group`, `ExecStart` and `WorkingDirectory` accordingly.
Copy `.env.EXAMPLE` to `.env` and add your `YOUTUBE_API_KEY` and `ODESLI_API_KEY`.
To obtain one follow [YouTube's guide](https://developers.google.com/youtube/registering_an_application) to create an
_API key_.
If `YOUTUBE_API_KEY` is unset, no playlist will be updated. Also, _all_ YouTube links will be treated as music videos,
If `YOUTUBE_API_KEY` is unset _all_ YouTube links will be treated as music videos,
because the API is the only way to check if a YouTube link leads to music or something else.
If `ODESLI_API_KEY` is unset, your rate limit to the song.link API will be lower.
@ -106,10 +106,15 @@ If `ODESLI_API_KEY` is unset, your rate limit to the song.link API will be lower
Add `MASTODON_ACCESS_TOKEN` as well, see [Creating our application
](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/client/token/#app) in the Mastodon documentation.
`read:statuses` is the only required scope. An access token will be displayed in your settings. Use that!
`read:statuses` and `read:search` the only required scope. An access token will be displayed in your settings. Use that!
There are currently no plans to implement an actual authentication flow.
If you want the app to save the songs it encounters into a playlist, YouTube requires OAuth 2.0 credentials.
Once again, follow [YouTube's guide](https://developers.google.com/youtube/registering_an_application) and the OAuth 2.0 described there
to obtain a clientId and clientSecret. Add the values as `YOUTUBE_CLIENT_ID` and `YOUTUBE_CLIENT_SECRET`.
Create a playlist and configure its ID as `YOUTUBE_PLAYLIST_ID`.
Run `npm run build` and copy the output folder, usually `build` to `$APP_DIR` on your server.
#### On your server again
@ -125,6 +130,9 @@ Verify that everything is okay with `service moshing-mammut status`.
The app should now be reachable on http://localhost:3000 or whatever you configured your domain to be!
If you want to add the songs available on YouTube to a playlist and have configured the environment variables to do so,
you now need to visit `/ytauth`, e.g. `http://localhost:3000/ytauth`. This will obtain the necessary access tokens from Google.
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