deepakmohan36 / spotify

Spotify Artist Songs

This repository contains Python code that interacts with the Spotify API to search for an artist and retrieve their top songs. It utilizes the dotenv library to load environment variables for authentication with the Spotify API.

Prerequisites

Before running the code, make sure you have the following:

• Python 3.x installed on your system
• Spotify API credentials (client ID and client secret)
• Spotify developer account (to obtain API credentials)

Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/spotify-artist-songs.git
   

2. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Create a .env file in the project root directory and add your Spotify API credentials:

   client_id=<your-client-id>
   client_secret=<your-client-secret>
   

Usage

Run the Python script to search for an artist and retrieve their top songs:

python spotify_artist_songs.py

Make sure you have set up the client_id and client_secret environment variables correctly in the .env file.

Code Explanation

The code in spotify_artist_songs.py does the following:

1. Loads the dotenv library and imports necessary modules.

2. Retrieves the Spotify API credentials from the environment variables.

3. Defines a function get_token() to obtain an access token from the Spotify API using client credentials.

4. Defines a function get_auth_header(token) to generate the authorization header for API requests.

5. Defines a function search_for_artist(token, artist_name) to search for an artist by name and retrieve their information.

6. Defines a function songs_by_artist(token, artist_id) to retrieve the top songs of an artist given their Spotify ID.

7. Calls the necessary functions to search for an artist and retrieve their top songs.

8. Prints the top songs of the artist to the console.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or create a pull request in this repository.