SpotifyArchiver

This simple and lightweight script allows you to simply archive playlists on Spotify by appending the contents of one playlist to another one. It was made with Spotify's Release Radar and Discover Weekly playlists in mind, but it's applicable to every playlist. For this, simply copy one of the save files and edit the playlist IDs as explained below.

Installation

This script was made for execution on a server or similar in mind, where it can be executed periodically. Personally, I run it on a raspberry pi. Since it's a very light script, there's little to no change in performance. Of course, it's also possible to run this script only when needed. An instance of python3 is required.

To download the script run

git clone <link>

Next, you need to install the requirements; to do so, simply run

pip install -r requirements.txt

inside the project folder.

Getting Spotify IDs

Now you need to get your Spotify authorization IDs. As this section is prone to change, please refer to the official documentation of either Spotify or spotipy (the python package used for this script):

• Spotify for Developers
• Spotipy

Aditionally, you also need an "archive playlist" to which the tracks should get appended to.

Configuration

Now that you have all the required IDs, you need to place them at their specific places. In the ./data/ folder, rename the example_auth.py and example_data_constants.py to auth.py and data_constants.pyrespectively. The auth.py file contains your authorization IDs (client id and client secret). You can safely ignore the redirection uri. The data_constants.py file contains the IDs for your playlists. Simply edit them where needed.

Running the script

Once this is done, you can simply execute the script by typing

python save_discover_weekly.py

or

python save_release_radar.py

into the command line (note that you might need to replace python by python<version_no> (e.g. python3.10). This might occur when you have multiple instances of python installed)

Running the script periodically with a cronjob

One example to run this script periodically (as intended) is by running it as a cronjob (Linux).

Here are two simple examples for a cronjob to run this script:

• 0 12 * * 1 cd <script location> && python save_discover_weekly.py
• 0 12 * * 5 cd <script location> && python save_release_radar.py

These scripts are run on 12.00PM at monday (represented by the 1 in the first script) and friday (5 in the second script). These are the days their respective playlists get updated by Spotify.