Download an entire spotify playlists, albums or tracks ( FROM SPOTIFY @ 160kbps ) to your local machine.
Also upon download it writes the ID3 data to the file.
###To install: Install nodejs if you haven't already. ( NodeJS Downloads )
npm install -g spotify-playlist-downloader
###Available Options
Usage: spotify-playlist-downloader [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-u, --username [username] Spotify Username (required)
-p, --password [password] Spotify Password (required)
-l, --link [link/uri] Spotify URI for playlist, album or track
-d, --directory [directory] Directory you want to save the mp3s to, default: HOME/spotify-mp3s
-g, --generate Generate m3u playlist file
####So : if you wanted to download playlist "Top 100 Hip-Hop Tracks on Spotify". You would use the following command:
spd -u yourusername -p yourpassword -l spotify:user:spotify:playlist:06KmJWiQhL0XiV6QQAHsmw
OR
spd -u yourusername -p yourpassword -l https://play.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/06KmJWiQhL0XiV6QQAHsmw
if you wanted to download album "Epiphany". You would use the following command:
spd -u yourusername -p yourpassword -l spotify:album:44Z1ZEmOyois0QoAgfUxrD
OR
spd -u yourusername -p yourpassword -l https://play.spotify.com/album/44Z1ZEmOyois0QoAgfUxrD
if you wanted to download track "2Pac I Get Around". You would use the following command:
spd -u yourusername -p yourpassword -l spotify:track:74kHlIr01X459gqsSdNilW
OR
spd -u yourusername -p yourpassword -l https://play.spotify.com/track/74kHlIr01X459gqsSdNilW
spd is the shorthand for spotify-playlist-downloader. You can use either one.
####The output should look something like:
###Must haves:
Spotify Premium Account ( haven't tried it on a free account )- Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows XP ( Should work on Mac OSX)
- This was done purely as an academic exercise.
- I do not recommend you doing this illegally or against Spotify's terms of service.