clipboard-to-spotify

Create a spotify playlist based on your clipboard contents. Expected input format is a copied table from a website, which is transformed to a cell-per-line string on your clipboard.

Installation

1. Install required packages using

   python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
   

2. Login to Spotify developer dashboard and create a new app. You can give any name and description for the app, but the redirect URI has to be exactly the same as in the config.ini file below. By default you should use http://localhost:8888/callback/. Save the app info and go to your new app's settings. Check your Client ID and Client secret, which are used in the next step.
3. Create a config.ini and verify the settings. A template of the file is automatically created if missing, but you need to input your Spotify API keys there. You can leave the redirect_uri as-is to enable automatic token retrieval.

   [DEFAULT]
   client_id=<spotify client ID>
   client_secret=<spotify client secret>
   redirect_uri=http://localhost:8888/callback/
   

Usage

1. Select and copy a table's contents from a website or other program of your choice. This script was originally written to create playlists from Finland's top 75 hits published here.
2. Start the script by running the following command:

   python generate_playlist.py
   

3. Input the number of columns in your data as requested by the script.

   How many columns does your data have?
   3
   

4. Check the preview of the formatted table and input a name & an optional description for the playlist.

   Partial table preview (75 rows in total):
   
       0                     1                         2 3
   0  1           Rasmus, The            IN THE SHADOWS
   1  2  Don Johnson Big Band         ONE MC, ONE DELAY
   2  3      Williams, Robbie                      FEEL
   3  4                    Yö  RAKKAUS ON LUMIVALKOINEN
   4  5                Eminem             LOSE YOURSELF
   
   Give a name for the playlist: Suomen Top 75 2003
   Give a description for the playlist (optional): Suomen suurimmat hitit vuodelta 2003.
   

5. Input the indices for columns containing the song names and artist names as requested. The indices are shown in the table preview in the previous step.

   Created playlist Suomen Top 75 2003
   Which column has the song names? (0-3): 2
   Which column has the artist names? (0-3): 1
   

6. The script will now build a playlist based on the given data. Check your Spotify account to confirm that the playlist has been successfully created.

   Found the song The Rasmus                               In the Shadows                           spotify:track:1fr92Vupmcs2vgLMFVQ7rd
   Found the song Don Johnson Big Band                     One MC, One Delay                        spotify:track:6mCxTrPBzi0OR2U7LVxkGB
   ...
   Found the song Gimmel                                   Harmaata lunta                           spotify:track:1zt3OemlFSug4hDShpvxRp
   Found the song Pikku G                                  Romeo ja Julia (feat. Sophie)            spotify:track:0seHreoI3kwp38OlEgLLnT
   Adding items to playlist Suomen Top 75 2003
   Finished buildng the playlist.
   

Todo

• Remove a playlist in case of an error to prevent filling the user's library with empty/failed playlists.
• Compute a similarity score between the search string and the search result to trigger a not-found warning instead of adding a random song to the playlist