Spotify Playlist Updater

Forked from https://github.com/aeriie/spotify-playlist-updater - installation instructions & full details there.

A Python script to check Spotify Playlist data every 1 minutes and restore it if missing.

Description

An automatic playlist updater using Spotify API and Authorization code flow in Python to regularly check a playlist for changes and reset the title, description and cover image if they have been removed.

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 edit it with a text editor.
  • Put your Playlist Image path in place of: "C:\\Users\\Username\\Documents\\spotify-playlist-updater\\Data\\thumbnail.jpg"
  • 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/0000000000000000000000'
  • 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

• Open Command Prompt.
• Navigate to the directory where your script is located, eg. cd C:\Users\Username\Documents\spotify-playlist-updater
• Run the script by typing python spotify-playlist-updater.py

The script checks the playlist every 1 minute, but only restores the details if they have been changed. You can adjust the update frequency by changing the number value for schedule.every(1).minutes.do(func)

Version History

• 0.1

  • Initial Release

• 0.2

  • Conditional logic & timestamps added

• 0.3

  • Added a counter