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Music Service

The Music Service is a microservice built with Kotlin and Spring Boot that provides functionality for managing and streaming music content. It handles music metadata, playlists, and playback functionality.

Key Features

  • Music Library Management: Manages a catalog of music tracks, albums, and artists.

  • Playlist Management: Allows creation, modification, and sharing of playlists.

  • Music Metadata: Stores and retrieves detailed information about music tracks.

  • Search Functionality: Enables searching for music by various criteria (artist, album, genre, etc.).

  • Streaming Support: Provides APIs for streaming music content.

  • User Preferences: Tracks user listening history and preferences.

  • Recommendations: Generates music recommendations based on user preferences and listening history.

Music Data Model

The service manages several key entities:

  • Tracks: Individual music tracks with metadata (title, duration, etc.)

  • Albums: Collections of tracks with metadata (title, release date, cover art, etc.)

  • Artists: Information about music artists and bands

  • Playlists: User-created collections of tracks

  • Genres: Categories for classifying music

Integration with Other Services

  • Integrates with the Authentication Service for user authentication

  • Works with the Usermanagement Service for user preferences and history

  • Communicates with storage services for music file management

REST Endpoints

The Music Service exposes several REST endpoints for:

  • Browsing and searching the music library

  • Managing playlists

  • Retrieving music metadata

  • Streaming music content

  • Managing user preferences

Technologies

  • Kotlin

  • Spring Boot

  • Spring Data JPA

  • RESTful APIs

  • Media streaming technologies

  • Docker for containerization

Last modified: 26 April 2025