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# Spotipy - a Python client for The Spotify API
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## Description
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Spotipy is a thin client library for the Spotify Web API .
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## Installation
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If you already have [Python](http://www.python.org/) on your system you can install
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the library simply by downloading the distribution, unpack it and install in the usual fashion:
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python setup.py install
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You can also install it using a popular package manager with
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`pip install SpotipyWebAPI`
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or
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`easy_install SpotipyWebAPI`
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## Dependencies
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- [Requests](https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests) - spotipy requires the requests package to be installed
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## Quick Start
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To get started:
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- Install spotipy
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- Create a Spotify object
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sp = spotipy.Spotify()
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Call methods:
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tracks = sp.search(q='weezer', limit=20)
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for i, t in enumerate(tracks['tracks']):
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print ' ', i, t['name']
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A full set of examples can be found in the [Spotipy examples directory](https://github.com/plamere/spotipy/tree/master/examples)
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## Supported Methods
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- **album(self, album_id)** - returns a single album given the album's ID, URN or URL
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- **album_tracks(self, album_id)** - Get Spotify catalog information about an album’s tracks
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- **albums(self, albums)** - returns a list of albums given the album IDs, URNs, or URLs
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- **artist(self, artist_id)** - returns a single artist given the artist's ID, URN or URL
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- **artist_albums(self, artist_id, album_type=None, country=None, limit=20, offset=0)** - Get Spotify catalog information about an artist’s albums
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- **artist_top_tracks(self, artist_id, country='US')** - Get Spotify catalog information about an artist’s top 10 tracks by country.
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- **artist_related_artists(self, artist_id)** - Get Spotify catalog information about artists similar to an identified artist. Similarity is based on analysis of the Spotify community’s listening history.
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- **artists(self, artists)** - returns a list of artists given the artist IDs, URNs, or URLs
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- **me(self)** - returns info about me
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- **next(self, result)** - returns the next result given a result
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- **previous(self, result)** - returns the previous result given a result
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- **search(self, q, limit=10, offset=0, type='track')** - searches for an item
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- **track(self, track_id)** - returns a single track given the track's ID, URN or URL
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- **tracks(self, tracks)** - returns a list of tracks given the track IDs, URNs, or URLs
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- **user(self, user_id)** - Gets basic profile information about a Spotify User
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- **user_playlist(self, user, playlist_id=None, fields=None)** - Gets playlist of a user
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- **user_playlist_add_tracks(self, user, playlist_id, tracks, position=None)** - Adds tracks to a playlist
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- **user_playlist_create(self, user, name, public=True)** - Creates a playlist for a user
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- **user_playlists(self, user)** - Gets playlists of a user
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Refer to the [Spotify API documentation](https://developer.spotify.com/spotify-web-api/) for details on the methods and parameters.
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Methods that take item IDs (such as the track, album and artist methods) accept URN, URL or simple ID types. The following 3 ids are all acceptable IDs:
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- http://open.spotify.com/track/3HfB5hBU0dmBt8T0iCmH42
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- spotify:track:3HfB5hBU0dmBt8T0iCmH42
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- 3HfB5hBU0dmBt8T0iCmH42
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## Reporting Issues
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If you have suggestions, bugs or other issues specific to this library, file them [here](https://github.com/plamere/spotipy/issues) or contact me
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at [paul@echonest.com](mailto:paul@echonest.com). Or just send me a pull request.
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## Version
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- 1.0 - 04/05/2014 - Initial release
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- 1.1 - 05/18/2014 - Repackaged for saner imports
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- 1.4.1 - 06/17/2014 - Updates to match released API
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- 1.4.2 - 06/21/2014 - Added support for retrieving starred playlists
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- v1.40, June 12, 2014 -- Initial public release.
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- v1.42, June 19, 2014 -- Removed dependency on simplejson
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- v1.43, June 27, 2014 -- Fixed JSON handling issue
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- v1.44, July 3, 2014 -- Added show_tracks.py example
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- v1.45, July 7, 2014 -- Support for related artists endpoint. Don't used cache auth codes when scope changes
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