download_charts.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
'''Download the current Spotify Top 50 from Youtube.'''

import urllib.request
import subprocess

# fetch charts
print('Downloading charts...')
req = urllib.request.Request('https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/latest/download', headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as page:
    charts = page.read().decode('utf-8')
    
for row in charts.split('\n')[2:52]:
    title = row.split(',')[2] + ' - ' + row.split(',')[1]
    title = title.replace('"', '')

    print('Searching for:', title)
    title = urllib.parse.quote(title)
    content = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=' + title).read().decode('utf-8')
    yt_link = content.split('"videoId":"')[1].split('"')[0]
    
    download_query = 'youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=' + yt_link
    subprocess.run(download_query.split())