Download Scraped Spotify Playlists

Script capable of downloading Spotify playlists on Youtube and turn them into mp3s.

Getting Started

You will need to have Python installed to run the script If not go to this link: How to install Python on Windows, Mac and Linux

Python Modules

You will need to install the pytube, spotipy, moviepy, and dotenv modules to properly run the script.

Install:

• Pytube: pip install pytube
• Spotipy: pip install spotipy --upgrade
• Moviepy: pip install moviepy
• Dotenv: pip install python-dotenv

Setting Up the Spotify Web API

Before running the script you must register the application and get credential access to the Spotify Web API. The necessary credentials will be added to the .env file.

1. Log in to the Spotify Developer Portal

   Navigate to the Spotify developer portal and login using your normal Spotify username and password. You can create a new account if you don't have one

   NOTE: You don't need a paid subscription to access the API, 'free' account users can still use it.

2. Create a new app

   Create a new app in the dashboard to generate the API credentials.

   

3. Get your credentials

   In your newly created app, click on settings. This will take you to the Basic Information tab. There you will see your 'Client ID'. Under it click view client secret and this will show you your 'Client Secret'.

   

4. Setup .env file

   You will need to copy your 'Client ID' and 'Client Secret' and paste them in the provided .env file.

    # .env example
   CLIENT_ID='your_client_id'
   CLIENT_SECRET='your_client_secret
   

The Script

Script Details

Running main.py will start the script.

The primary input for the program is a link to a playlist on Spotify. This can be found on the Spotify UI:

The script will then create a csv or txt file (under the user's discretion) containing the song and artist.

Following the creation of the file, the user will be prompted to give the name of the file they created. This will start the search mechanism of the script and initialize the download for each inidividual song. (Songs are downloaded as MP4s)

Finally, all downloaded songs will be converted to MP3 and the script will prompt the user to either delete or keep the MP4s after the conversion is done.

Running the script:

• Windows: python main.py
• Linux and Mac: python3 main.py