LBRY Batch Upload

Automate uploading entire folders to lbry.tv

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Usage
• Configuration
• Changelog
• License

Prerequisites

• The chromedriver executable needs to be available in $PATH.

• Fill the config file before running the script

• Use an absolute folder_path

• Song titles must match the format {number} - {title}.{format}

• The thumbnail must have the same name as the album

• If your file explorer is not Nautilus, the browse actions might not work

• Folder structure as follows

  Files should be in a folder which is named after the album, inside a folder that is named after the artist.

  .
  └── Red Hot Chili Peppers
      └── Californication
          ├── 01 - Around the World.flac
          ├── 02 - Parallel Universe.flac
          ├── 03 - Scar Tissue.flac
          ├── 04 - Otherside.flac
          ├── 05 - Get on Top.flac
          ├── 06 - Californication.flac
          ├── 07 - Easily.flac
          ├── 08 - Porcelain.flac
          ├── 09 - Emit Remmus.flac
          ├── 10 - I Like Dirt.flac
          ├── 11 - This Velvet Glove.flac
          ├── 12 - Savior.flac
          ├── 13 - Purple Stain.flac
          ├── 14 - Right on Time.flac
          ├── 15 - Road Trippin.flac
          ├── album_info.txt
          └── Californication.jpg

Usage

• Clone the repo

  git clone https://github.com/ibLeDy/lbry-batch-upload.git && \
  cd lbry-batch-upload
  

• Create a virtual enviroment and activate it

  python3 -m virtualenv .venv && \
  source .venv/bin/activate
  

• Install the requirements

  pip install -r requirements.txt

• Fill the config

• Run the script

  python lbry_batch_upload.py

Configuration

• user

  • email

    the email you log in with, (see how it is used on line 89)

  • password

    the password you log in with, (see how it is used on line 92)

• files

  • folder_path

    full (absolute) path to the album folder

  • audio_format

    the extension of the audio files (.mp3, .flac, ...)

  • thumbnail_format

    the extension of the thumbnail (.jpg, .png, ...)

  • excluded

    files that you don't want to upload

• upload

  • description

    multi-line string with the description

  • tags

    up to 5

  • channel

    exact name as it appears on the channels list

  • deposit

    floating point number

  • price

    floating point number or false if you don't want to set a price

  • language

    two-character language code (en, es, ...)

  • license_type

    license name, as it appears on the dropdown menu of an upload

  • license_notice

    text for the license notice

Changelog

• March 20, 2021:

  • Fix minor issues so the script works again
  • Add license
  • Revamp readme
    • Add configuration section
    • Add disclaimer about Nautilus
    • Add warning about chromedriver
  • Bump requirements
  • Start using odysee.com

• October 8, 2020:

  • Fix outdated selectors
  • Account for lbry's new upload confirmation popup
  • Use thumbnail file inside the album folder instead of a url
  • Delete thumbnail_url from upload section in config
  • Add thumbnail_format to files section in config
  • Don't use - separator between song number and name

• September 14, 2020:

  • Basic validation for language and license_type

• September 10, 2020:

  • Closing the success popup is more reliable
  • Selecting files is more reliable
  • Fix outdated selectors
  • Use ASCII in claim name

• July 24, 2020:

  • Changelog is now in reverse chronological order

• June 17, 2020:

  • Use toml instead of json for config file: config.json -> config.toml
  • Define constants to catch basic config errors
  • Replace None checks with existence ones

• June 16, 2020:

  • Rename settings file: upload_settings.json -> config.json
  • Handle closing success upload popup with a custom decorator
  • Add missing decorator to some functions
  • Rename base class for pages PageObject -> BasePage
  • Separate clicking and filling info so we can resume when a popup was detected
  • Add sleep before uploading next file so they get uploaded in order

• June 13, 2020:

  • Handle price option, only LBC atm

• June 12, 2020:

  • Change webdriver to improve speed: Firefox -> Chrome
  • Change settings file name: settings.json -> upload_settings.json
  • Move credentials from .env to upload_settings.json
  • Remove python-dotenv requirement
  • Implement PageObject pattern
  • Remove price from settings until i manage to circunvent an obstructing label
  • Bump wait time before and after file selection to 1s

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.

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