Spotify to MP3

A simple command line utility to download MP3 files of Spotify tracks. Note those files are downloaded from Grooveshark, not from Spotify itself.

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Grooveshark, the service this app was relying on, has shut down. Don't expect it to work anymore :(

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Installation

Mac OS X

$ sudo gem install spotify-to-mp3

Probably sudo can be ommited if using rvm or similar.

Linux (Ubuntu)

Make sure you have rubygems installed and configured:

$ sudo apt-get install ruby2.0 ruby2.0-dev
$ echo 'PATH=$PATH:/var/lib/gems/1.9/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/rubygems1.9.sh >/dev/null

$ sudo gem2.0 install spotify-to-mp3

Usage

1. Create a file (like songs.txt) and copy the Spotify songs URLs to it. Plain song names are also accepted. It will look like this:

   http://open.spotify.com/track/1JqTcOjOn7gEpeC0JcRVPa
   spotify:track:1fE3ddAlmjJ99IIfLgZjTy
   The Drums - Money
   

2. Download songs. They are saved to the current directory. Errors will appear in red (like when a song is not found).

   $ spotify-to-mp3 songs.txt

Also, as it's common in Unix programs, you can pipe in the songs:

$ echo white knuckle ride | spotify-to-mp3

or simply:

$ spotify-to-mp3

and drag the songs from the Spotify app to the terminal.

Changelog

2015-01-25

• Accept album URI's
• Download progress bar

A big thanks to @dulakm for such great contributions!

2014-05-05

• Accept track IDs from stdin

2012-08-20

• Set filename artist and title from Grooveshark

2012-01-11

• Touch already downloaded songs. This way songs no more in the download list can be spotted easily.

2011-10-03

• Make it work on ruby 1.8.7 (Snow Leopard)

2011-09-26

• Both Spotify URLs and plain song names are accepted

Development

Install Ruby.

$ gem install bundler
$ bundle
$ bundle exec spotify-to-mp3
$ bundle exec rspec

Update RubyGems

Bump version in spotify-to-mp3.gemspec

$ gem build spotify-to-mp3.gemspec
$ gem push spotify-to-mp3-[version].gem

TODO

• Consider multiple artists songs
• Filter Grooveshark results by artist, title and length
• Accept tracks from stdin (instead of from a file, to drag songs directly to the app)
• Exit with a single Ctrl+C
• Cleaner output
• Don't pick remixes