Spotify Playlist Updater

A Python script to update Spotify Playlist data (descrption, photo) using timed intervals.

Description

An automatic playlist updater using Spotify API and Authorization code flow in Python to update a Playlist on a repeating time interval.

Getting Started

You will need Python to execute the script:

• Python 3
  • Installation Link

Spotify Playlist Updater requires three dependencies:

Pip

• A Package Management System for Python.
• Installation Link
• For Windows, you can run py -m ensurepip --upgrade in CMD to install.

Schedule

• Python job scheduler to run the script on a timer.
• Installation Link
• For Windows, you can run -m pip install schedule --upgrade in CMD to install.

A Web Domain

• No website required, only a web domain for redirecting the API request and retrieving the user authorization token.
• If you don't already own a domain, you can create one at https//wix.com

Spotipy

• Python library for the Spotify Web API
• Installation Link
• For Windows, you can run py -m pip install spotipy --upgrade in CMD to install.

Set Up

Installing the Script

• Install the dependencies listed above.
• Choose a location on your device (I'll refer to this as the working directory)
• Download the latest release of spotify-playlist-updater to the working directory.
• Save your playlist photo (if applicable) in the data folder of the working directory
  • The photo must be 150KB or less. If it is too large, resize the photo.
  • You can use this website to resize your image: https://www.resizepixel.com/reduce-image-in-kb/

Set up Client ID, Client Secret and Redirect URI

• Login to Spotify Developer Account
  • Go to https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/ and click Manage Dashboard.
  • Then, sign in with your Spotify credentials and accept the latest Developer terms of service.
  • Note your Client ID, and Client Secret.
• Create an App
  • In the Developer Dashboard, create an App. You can put whatever you'd like for the App name and description.
  • Click Edit Settings.
    • Add your domain address to the Redirected URI's field, and click Add. Make sure to Save.

Adding your Playlist information

• Right click \spotify-playlist-updater.py from the working directory, and select "Edit with IDLE"
  • Put your Playlist Image path in place of: "C:\\Users\\You\\YourWorkingDirectory\\Data\\PlaylistPhoto.jpeg"
  • Put your Spotify Username in place of: 'username'
  • Put your Client ID in place of 'clientid'
  • Put your Client Secret in place of 'clientsecret'
  • Put your Web Domain Address in place of 'http://yourdomain.com'
  • Put your Spotify Playlist Link in place of 'https://open.spotify.com/playlist/yourplaylist'
  • Put your Playlist Description in place of 'Playlist Name'
  • Put your Playlist Description in place of 'Playlist Description'
• Save the script once your changes are made.

Running the Script

• Right click spotify-playlist-updater.py and Open.
• The script updates the Playlist every 5 minutes. You can adjust the update frequency by changing the number value for schedule.every(5).minutes.do(func)
• The script will restart if it runs into a timeout to prevent it from failing during an internet hiccup.
  • If you have an unstable internet connection and run into issues, try removing the continue statement.

Thank you

If you enjoyed my project, please feel free to leave tips on my Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/autumntillman or Paypal.

FAQ

• How do I schedule this to run at a set time every day instead of all the time?
  • replace schedule.every(1).minutes.do(func2) with schedule.every().day.at('13:56').do(sched_job)
  • note that time is based on military time (24 hour clock)
  • you can replace 'day' with a specific day of the week as well

Help

• If you get an error that "Read timed out. (read timeout=5)", restart the script.
• If your script doesnt get past "Starting Playlist Updater", run the script using IDLE:
  • Right click spotify-playlist-updater and click Edit with IDLE
  • Click F5 to run the script
    • Let the script run. Any errors will be listed as the script encounters them.

If you're having issues getting this setup, feel free to reach out to me via Discord: .aeriie

To report code issues, create a new issue on Github or reach out to me directly at autumntillman0@gmail.com

Authors

Aeriie on GitHub

Version History

• 0.1

  • Initial Release

• 0.2

  • Added improved reliability for schedule function
  • Cleaned up code