Scheduled Python script to backup your personal Spotify playlists incase the platform ever goes down (or you just like having your data).

Environemnt Variables

You can get Spotify CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET values from setting up your own Spotify Developer Application. Make sure http://localhost:3000/callback is set as a Redirect URI.

# .env file
# Values from your Spotify Developer Application
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=laboriselitutenimdoculpa
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=laboriselitutenimdoculpa

# Your Spotify Username
SPOTIFY_USERNAME=12345678910

# Your Spotify Password
SPOTIFY_PASSWORD=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

# Comma separated list of usernames of playlist authors.
# This allows you to back up other peoples playlists (that you follow) if you want.
# if left blank, all of your followed/created playlists will be backed up.
SPOTIFY_OWNER_IDS=snoopdogg,drdre,spotify

Run the script

python script.py

Under the hood this is running a headless browser to authenticate your user. Once the access token has been fetched, it is then used to query for your playlists and subsequently the tracks within those playlists.

Github Action Setup

Before your Github Action will run successfully, you must setup the above .env variables correctly within the repo.

Once setup, you can manually run the job via the Actions tab.

Automated CRON Job

By default, the CRON Job Github Action is disabled. To enable this within your repo, open the .github/workflows/python-app.yml file and uncomment the schedule code block.

on:
  # schedule:
  #   - cron: '0 3 * * 2'
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      logLevel:
        description: 'Log level'
        required: true
        default: 'warning' 
        type: choice
        options:
        - info
        - warning
        - debug 

You can use the crontab tool to calculate when and how often you want to run the Github Action.