clintmcmahon / kexpify

A Python library that hits the KEXP Legacy API to create a Spotify playlist for a given period in time.

KEXPify

KEXPify is a Python library that hits the KEXP Legacy API to create a Spotify playlist for a given period in time.

Prerequisites

Python3 (Python2 will require a couple code changes)

Spotify account

Spotify API Credentials

Spotipy

pip3 install git+https://github.com/plamere/spotipy.git --upgrade

Requests

pip3 install requests

Installing

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/clintmcmahon/kexpify

Change directory to kexpify

cd kexpify

Create a local_config.py file and populate with your values. Your file should look like this

#encoding: utf-8

SPOTIFY_USERNAME = [your Spotify username]
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET = [your Spotify API Client Secret]
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID = [your Spotify API Client ID]
SPOTIFY_SCOPE = 'playlist-modify-public playlist-modify-private playlist-read-collaborative'
SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI = 'http://localhost'

Run the code

python3 kexp.py [playlist_name] [start_date] [end_date] [playlist_description]

A browser window will automatically open where you will authenticate with Spotify. After you've given access to your Spotify account the browser will redirect to a http://localhost url. Copy the localhost url and paste it into the command line. You'll only need to do this once, the code will create a cache authentication file on your local machine.

After you've authenticated the program will use those cached credentials to read the playlist in your Spotify account, then either create a new playlist or delete the contents of the existing playlist before adding the latest tracks from the API.

Built With

• Spotify
• KEXP Seattle
• Spotipy

Acknowledgments

• KEXP Seattle - Support Music That Matters - Donate today!