#bookbrainz

Welcome Nikhilsk

Hi, I was trying to contribute to bookbrainz through code and that's why I got here from the github repo

I started following the steps, forked the repo and cloned it but in the next step about configuration. I can't see the specific configurations regarding book brainz, it mentions music brainz and CritiqueBrainz but not bookbrainz.

What specific configurations I need to do please help me with it. I also tried to run the server following the rest of steps assuming no config was needed but I got this error.

bookbrainz-site | $ node ./lib/server/app.js

bookbrainz-site | × Error setting up OAuth strategy MusicBrainzOAuth2Strategy requires a clientID option. You will not be able to log in

What should I do next?

Hi abhi_ !

hi

So as https://bookbrainz-dev-docs.readthedocs.io/en/l... states you will need to copy the config.example.json file and renaming so that you have your own config.json file

ya, I did that

Great, step 1 accomplished :)

Then you'll need to create a MusicBrainz application on the MusicBrainz website as described, and copy the clientID and clientSecret

If that's already done, you should be pretty much ready to go

You can create and application by going here: https://musicbrainz.org/account/applications

Oh, eventhough I want to contribute to booksbrainz, I need to make application on MusicBrainz?

Yes ! It's confusing, but we currently do all authentication through MusicBrainz

okay thanks

(which in the past was the only project)

Let me know if you need more assistance

I have already created an application, then I just need to copy the client id and client secret and put in the config file?

Yes

ok thanks

And make sure the callback URL match on both

ok, I will do that (y)

monkey hey, I tried running the server again, after adding clientid and clientsecret in config file, also making sure that callback url is same but I am still getting authentidation error. Do, I need to do something else?

Add username, password or something else to the config file?

Stop and restart if it was running

I think that should be sufficient

With how our develop.sh script is set up, you need to run `./stop.sh` to stop the server and other resources

ok

I tried it but it is not working

oh, I got the mistake I was making I think. I will try running it again.