Spotify Playlist Populator

A Python application to populate a Spotify playlist with tracks from another Spotify playlist using the Spotify Web API.
The playlists I maintain with this app are: log cabin cafe & mt. fuji

Install

Install the necessary Python packages by running:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Configure

This application uses the OAuth 2.0 authorization framework

Step 1. Register your app in Spotify for Developers

Note: save your client_id and client_secret

Step 2. Set a redirect uri (it doesn't have to be a valid uri)

Step 3. Authorize your user by going to the following url

https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?client_id=YOUR_ID&response_type=code&redirect_uri=YOUR_URI&scope=playlist-modify-public%20playlist-modify-private%20playlist-read-public%20playlist-read-private%20playlist-read-collaborative

Directly replace the following params:
YOUR_ID: Your given client id
YOUR_URI: URL-encoded exact match of app redirect uri

Note: save the code returned in the url

Step 4. Obtain refresh token by running the following curl command in cmd

curl -H "Authorization: Basic YOUR_CREDENTIALS" -d grant_type=authorization_code -d code=YOUR_CODE -d redirect_uri=YOUR_URI https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token --ssl-no-revoke

Directly replace the following params:
YOUR_CREDENTIALS: Base64-encoded result of client_id:client_secret
YOUR_CODE: Code obtained in previous step
YOUR_URI: Same as before

Note: save the refresh token from the response json

Step 5. Modify the parameters in "SpotifyPlaylistPopulator/settings-example.json"

Use the obtained refresh token and Base64-encoded credentials.
The user and playlist ids can be obtained from their corresponding urls or with the console.

Step 6. Rename the file to "settings.json"

The application can now be run any time without reauthorizing or any user input.
If you need any help refer to this tutorial.

Run

Run the entry-point script:

$ python main.py

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