WhatsNewInSpotify

A little program that adds new songs in observed playlists and new releases from observed artists to a designated playlist.

Simple add playlists and artists to a group and run the program to download their content. The next time you run the program it will compare the saved content to the current content and add new songs to your designated playlist.

Supports multiple groups!

Installation

1. You need Python to run this program (I'm using Python 3.8, I haven't tested older versions yet).

2. Install Spotipy (all 2.xx.xx versions should work; I'm using 2.16.1) via

pip install spotipy

3. Install PySimpleGui (version 4.xx.xx) via

pip install pysimplegui

4. This is kind of an inconvenient step. I hope to find a workaround soon. Spotipy enforces the user to set two variables in the system environment variables in order to be useable.

   4.1 First you need to log in to https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/ with your Spotify account and create an app there.

   4.2 Find Client-ID and Client-Secret just below your app's name

   4.3 Add the Client-ID and Client Secret to your system's environment variables like this:
   (If you are using windows see here and add the variables to the System variables)

   Variable	Value
   SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID	<your_client_id>
   SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET	<your_client_secret>

   Important: It's SPOTIPY with a P, no with a F.

5. Download this repository by clicking Code at the beginning of this website and then click Download Zip. Extract the zip to wherever you want.

Running the program

Navigate to werever you extracted the zip file to. In this directory open a terminal or shell (on windows you can use Shift + Right-Click-> Open in Windows Terminal or PowerShell window here).

To run the program enter

python GUI.py

into the terminal or shell

How to get a Spotify URI or Spotify Link

Playlists:

Open your playlist in your Spotify desktop client or in the web browser. Next to the Play button should be three dots (or a button with three dots). Click this button, and then select Share. Now you can select Copy Playlist Link or Copy Spotify URI depending on your Spotify version.

When holding the alt key while the share window is still open, you should be able to select the corresponding other option.

Artists:

Go to the artist profile in your Spotify desktop client or web browser. Above the artist's top songs and right next to the Play button should be three dots (or a button with three dots). Click this button, and then select Share. Now you can select Copy Artist Link or Copy Spotify URI depending on your Spotify version.

When holding the alt key while the share window is still open, you should be able to select the corresponding other option.

How to use

Main window

In the top of the window you can select a group. In the middle the observed playlists and artist of the currently selected group are shown. When running the script new songs added to these playlists and new releases by these artists will be added to the previously set playlist, also shown just below the group selection box.

To add more playlist / artist or remove them see use the 'Add' or 'Remove' button.

New group Window

Here you can create a new group. This could be useful for when you want sort your observed playlists by genre. You could create one group for pop playlists and artists and another for hiphop playlists.

In the Group Namefield you can enter whatever name you want to name your playlist. In the Target playlist field you must enter a valid Spotify playlist URI or Spotify playlist link (see here). Newly added songs in the playlists and new releases by artists observed by this group will be added to this playlist.

Remove group window

Here you can delete a previously creates group. Attention: a deleted group can NOT be restored.

Run window

Probably the most used window. When you press "run" all new songs and new releases will be shown in separate windows with respect to their playlist or artist.

You can choose to save the current playlist content / artist releases to the hard drive, in order to have a copy to compare later playlist / artist content to (I recommend doing this every time you run the script).

Other options are to add new songs and releases to the group's target playlist and to clear the playlist clear before adding new songs.

You can also select a date from which the current content will be compared to. An example: you select 13.04.2021 as date. If there is a content_file from this date, it will be used as comparison, otherwise the script searches for the oldest content_file that dates to AFTER the given date; a file from 15.04.2021 for example.

Add playlist / artist window

Here you can add new playlists and artist to the group's list of observed items. You have to enter a valid Spotify playlist URI or Spotify artist URI (see how to get a uri)

Remove playlist / artist window

Select one or more playlists / artist that will be removed from the group's list of observed items. They will no longer be checked for new songs or releases when you run the script

Settings window

You can change the group will be initially be shown when you start the script, and make a small visual change here. Additionally, you can enter the Danger Zone where you can (soon) uninstall the program and clear previously set Windows path variables

Bonus features window

Coming soon (maybe, possibly, I don't know)

Credits

This script utilizes the Spotipy library (Copyright (c) 2014 Paul Lamere).
You can find it here: https://github.com/plamere/spotipy

This script utilizes the PySimpleGui GUI.
You can find it here: https://github.com/PySimpleGUI/PySimpleGUI