made the secret creating part easy & documented

README.md

@@ -158,13 +158,34 @@ Download the [Mac OS Disk Image (.dmg) file](https://github.com/KRTirtho/spotube
 - Install Development dependencies in linux
   - `libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev`, `libkeybinder-3.0-0` & `libkeybinder-3.0-0-dev` (for Debian/Ubuntu)
   - `webkit2gtk` & `libkeybinder3` (for Arch/Manjaro)
-- Clone the Repo
-
+- Clone the Repo & run
+  ```bash
+  $ flutter pub get
+  ```
+- Create a `.env` file containing 2 secrets `LYRICS_SECRET` & `SPOTIFY_SECRET`. These secrets should be a **base64 encoded JSON string**
+  - Structure of `LYRICS_SECRET` json string:
+    ```jsonc
+    [
+      "<secret genius access tokens>",
+      // and so on...
+    ]
+    ```
+  - Structure of `SPOTIFY_SECRET` json string:
+    ```jsonc
+    [
+      {"clientId": "<Spotify Client Id>", "clientSecret": "<Spotify Client Secret>"},
+      // and so on ....
+    ]
+    ```
+  > You can base64 encode the JSON [here](https://www.base64encode.org/)
+- Run following in the terminal to generate secrets for your fork
+  ```bash
+  $ dart bin/create-secrets.dart --loadEnv
+  ```
+Finally, to start the app run:
 ```bash
-$ flutter pub get
-$ flutter run -d <window|macos|linux>
+$ flutter run -d <window|macos|linux|(android-device-id)>
 ```
-
 # Things that don't work
 
 - Shows & Podcasts aren't supported as it'd require premium anyway

bin/create-secrets.dart

@@ -2,16 +2,31 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
+import 'package:dotenv/dotenv.dart';
 
 void main(List<String> args) async {
+  String lyricSecret;
+  String spotifySecret;
+
   if (args.isEmpty) {
-    throw ArgumentError(
-        "Expected 2 arguments but passed ${args.length < 2 || args.length > 2 ? args.length : "none"}");
+    throw ArgumentError("Expected 2 arguments but passed none");
+  }
+  if (args.contains("--loadEnv")) {
+    load();
+    if (env["SPOTIFY_SECRET"] == null || env["LYRICS_SECRET"] == null) {
+      throw Exception(
+          "'LYRICS_SECRET' or 'SPOTIFY_SECRET' environmental variable aren't set correctly ");
+    }
+    lyricSecret = env["LYRICS_SECRET"]!;
+    spotifySecret = env["SPOTIFY_SECRET"]!;
+  } else {
+    lyricSecret = args.first;
+    spotifySecret = args.last;
   }
 
-  final decodedSecret = utf8.decode(base64Decode(args.first));
-  final decodedSpotifySecrete = utf8.decode(base64Decode(args.last));
-  final val = jsonDecode(decodedSecret);
+  final decodedLyricSecret = utf8.decode(base64Decode(lyricSecret));
+  final decodedSpotifySecrete = utf8.decode(base64Decode(spotifySecret));
+  final val = jsonDecode(decodedLyricSecret);
   final val2 = jsonDecode(decodedSpotifySecrete);
   if (val is! List || (val2 is! List && (val2 as List).first is! Map)) {
     throw Exception(
@@ -21,6 +36,6 @@ void main(List<String> args) async {
   await File(path.join(
           Directory.current.path, "lib/models/generated_secrets.dart"))
       .writeAsString(
-    "final List<String> lyricsSecrets = $decodedSecret;\nfinal List<Map<String, dynamic>> spotifySecrets = $decodedSpotifySecrete;",
+    "final List<String> lyricsSecrets = $decodedLyricSecret;\nfinal List<Map<String, dynamic>> spotifySecrets = $decodedSpotifySecrete;",
   );
 }

pubspec.lock

@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.0.4"
+  dotenv:
+    dependency: "direct dev"
+    description:
+      name: dotenv
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.0.0"
   fake_async:
     dependency: transitive
     description:

pubspec.yaml

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
   # rules and activating additional ones.
   flutter_lints: ^1.0.0
   flutter_launcher_icons: ^0.9.2
+  dotenv: ^3.0.0
 
 # For information on the generic Dart part of this file, see the
 # following page: https://dart.dev/tools/pub/pubspec