TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object

[TiCaillou]

INFO: 2017-11-29 10:16:00,231 - spotify_dl - Starting spotify_dl

        User authentication requires interaction with your
        web browser. Once you enter your credentials and
        give authorization, you will be redirected to
        a url.  Paste that url you were directed to to
        complete the authorization.

Impossible d'obtenir le descripteur de fichier faisant référence à la console
Opening https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?response_type=code&scope=user-library-read&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myname.fr%2Fcallback%2F&client_id=3d574e236247478aba6cbe7b1c43e43c in your browser

Enter the URL you were redirected to: https://www.myname.fr/callback/?code=AQDqEdipPvD_bsN7Ci_P4hoRhcVr-Z5jfmThAPNXqc3zk096LY4xNhztr4bWaJJsQtm-jupl6tYvdNwfDLPE7Q5HF8KZTCnarnQiqAYhwpicVIKqs8UvrE5OA9QsoqGzPn15G56MnhevEc3Xs2J7pOPbGfJO-bjGn7Co_k2-6ZkgW4br8rFxD8-PMK7RtEEk_9VdUgqZb_BheW5GMALESw6Ykzw84N1LDA

INFO: 2017-11-29 10:16:55,255 - _new_conn - Starting new HTTPS connection (1): accounts.spotify.com
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/spotify_dl", line 11, in
sys.exit(spotify_dl())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/spotify_dl/spotify_dl.py", line 78, in spotify_dl
url_match = playlist_url_pattern.match(args.url)
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object

[SathyaBhat]

Sorry for the delayed response, will take a look at this soon,

[SathyaBhat]

I had another report from @olivejun about this

spotify_dl -V -d -p 3Emr6jGUqy6dPKP8JSewMr -u mixmagofficial -o ~/Music/Spotify
    16:55:31
INFO: 2018-02-14 17:04:48,400 - spotify_dl - Starting spotify_dl
DEBUG: 2018-02-14 17:04:48,400 - spotify_dl - Setting debug mode on spotify_dl
DEBUG: 2018-02-14 17:04:48,400 - check_for_tokens - Checking for tokens
DEBUG: 2018-02-14 17:04:48,400 - check_for_tokens - Tokens fetched:  {redact} 
http://www.google.com
DEBUG: 2018-02-14 17:04:48,400 - check_for_tokens - YouTube dev key: {redact}
DEBUG: 2018-02-14 17:04:48,401 - spotify_dl - Arguments: Namespace(download=True, format_str='bestaudio/best', output='/Users/Olive/Music/Spotify', playlist='3Emr6jGUqy6dPKP8JSewMr', skip_mp3=False, uri=None, url=None, user_id='mixmagofficial', verbose=True, version=False)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/spotify_dl", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(spotify_dl())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/spotify_dl/spotify_dl.py", line 78, in spotify_dl
    url_match = playlist_url_pattern.match(args.url)
TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object 

And I see the problem now:

spotify_dl -V -d -p 3Emr6jGUqy6dPKP8JSewMr -u mixmagofficial -o ~/Music/Spotify

I think I had removed the older style feature of entering the playlist id and username. Now, if you just provide the playlist URL, it should work

@olivejun Is this the playlist you wanted to fetch?

can you please try this:

spotify_dl -l https://open.spotify.com/user/mixmagofficial/playlist/3Emr6jGUqy6dPKP8JSewMr -o ~/Music/Spotify

@TiCaillou can you please try just like ^^ by providing the URL?

[olivejun]

@SathyaBhat your solution worked! currently downloading the playlist now :) i'll test it with other playlists to see how it works. will let you know how it goes. thanks!

[phiresky]

This error occurs for me when not specifying a playlist url at all (which should download my music according to the readme)

[SathyaBhat]

@phiresky yep, need to fix that bug

[SathyaBhat]

this is fixed now in #64