music-streaming-service.md

Designing an Online Music Streaming Service Like Spotify

Requirements

1. The music streaming service should allow users to browse and search for songs, albums, and artists.
2. Users should be able to create and manage playlists.
3. The system should support user authentication and authorization.
4. Users should be able to play, pause, skip, and seek within songs.
5. The system should recommend songs and playlists based on user preferences and listening history.
6. The system should handle concurrent requests and ensure smooth streaming experience for multiple users.
7. The system should be scalable and handle a large volume of songs and users.
8. The system should be extensible to support additional features such as social sharing and offline playback.

Implementations

Java Implementation

Python Implementation

Classes, Interfaces and Enumerations

1. The Song, Album, and Artist classes represent the basic entities in the music streaming service, with properties such as ID, title, artist, album, duration, and relationships between them.
2. The User class represents a user of the music streaming service, with properties like ID, username, password, and a list of playlists.
3. The Playlist class represents a user-created playlist, containing a list of songs.
4. The MusicLibrary class serves as a central repository for storing and managing songs, albums, and artists. It follows the Singleton pattern to ensure a single instance of the music library.
5. The UserManager class handles user registration, login, and other user-related operations. It also follows the Singleton pattern.
6. The MusicPlayer class represents the music playback functionality, allowing users to play, pause, skip, and seek within songs.
7. The MusicRecommender class generates song recommendations based on user preferences and listening history. It follows the Singleton pattern.
8. The MusicStreamingService class is the main entry point of the music streaming service. It initializes the necessary components, handles user requests, and manages the overall functionality of the service.