discogs-collector

Uses Discogs-API to collect information from your collection on Discogs.

Requirements

• Python (we recommend the newest version)
• Pip (package manager for python)

Set up a virtual environment [Optional]

1. On Linux: install venv package with your package manager (e.g. apt or pacman)

   sudo apt install python<VERSION>-venv

   e.g.: sudo apt install python3.10-venv

2. Setup venv in project folder:

   python3 -m venv <VENV_NAME>

   e.g.: python3 -m venv venv

3. Activate the environment (for bash/zsh, more here) center

4. Deactivate the environment after usage

   deactivate

Usage

Install required packages

pip install -r packages.txt

If you using Linux and get the "externally-managed-environment" error you have to install the used dependencies with your package manager (or try a different soluition with venvs or pipx).
E.g. on Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S python-discogs-client python-retrying

Execute the main script

python main.py

or

python3 main.py

or once chmod +x main.py and then ./main.py

• Input:

  • Discogs Token
  • Name of the CSV file

• Output:

  • CSV file of all your tracks from your whole collection with following data (separated with semicolons)

Columns

Name	Comment	Implementation status
ID	Format: Discogs id_track positon	✔️
CatalogNo	Label code	✔️
ReleaseYear		✔️
Decade		✔️
Album		✔️
AlbumArtist	" & " separated for multiple artists	✔️
TrackArtist	" & " separated for multiple artists	✔️
Label		✔️
Genre		✔️
Subgenre	(Styles) Underscore separated	✔️
Title		✔️
Duration	Format: Seconds.Milliseconds	✔️
Format	RPM, LP, ... (underscore separated)	✔️
Date downloaded/created	Format: yyyy-mm-dd	✔️
Date added	not included	✖️