spotipy-experiments/get_user_auth.py

import sys
import spotipy
import spotipy.util as util

scope = 'user-library-read'

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    username = sys.argv[1]
else:
    print "Usage: %s username" % (sys.argv[0],)
    sys.exit()

sp = util.authorize_api(username, scope, 'server')

results = sp.current_user_saved_tracks()
for item in results['items']:
    track = item['track']
    print track['name'] + ' - ' + track['artists'][0]['name']
Initial experiments complete Here I learned how to authenticate my app over env, as well as trigger an oauth login for the username specified I created a small script that will write the now playing track info to a file This is useful for keeping track of the song that is playing at all times 2018-01-28 04:01:42 +00:00			`import sys`
			`import spotipy`
			`import spotipy.util as util`

			`scope = 'user-library-read'`

			`if len(sys.argv) > 1:`
			`username = sys.argv[1]`
			`else:`
			`print "Usage: %s username" % (sys.argv[0],)`
			`sys.exit()`

update to use new authorize method 2018-04-25 04:37:46 +00:00			`sp = util.authorize_api(username, scope, 'server')`
Initial experiments complete Here I learned how to authenticate my app over env, as well as trigger an oauth login for the username specified I created a small script that will write the now playing track info to a file This is useful for keeping track of the song that is playing at all times 2018-01-28 04:01:42 +00:00
update to use new authorize method 2018-04-25 04:37:46 +00:00			`results = sp.current_user_saved_tracks()`
			`for item in results['items']:`
			`track = item['track']`
			`print track['name'] + ' - ' + track['artists'][0]['name']`