Processes all the .mp3 files in the current directory and creates a CSV file that contains their album, artist and title.

mp3tag-to-csv.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import eyed3
import csv
import glob
import argparse

# eyed3 is a required module that is used to process the files. Install: pip --user eyed3

def main():
	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Processes all the .mp3 files in the current directory and creates a CSV file that contains their album, artist and title.")
	parser.add_argument("output_file", help="The output file in which the csv data is saved.")
	args = parser.parse_args()
	create_csv(args.output_file)

def create_csv(output_file):
	with open(output_file, 'wb') as listingfile:
		listingwriter = csv.writer(listingfile)

		for mp3file in glob.glob('*.mp3'):
			audiofile = eyed3.load(mp3file)
			album = audiofile.tag.album
			artist = audiofile.tag.artist
			title = audiofile.tag.title

			should_add = True

			if not album:
				print mp3file + " is missing album"
				should_add = False

			if not artist:
				print mp3file + " is missing artist"
				should_add = False

			if not title:
				print mp3file + " is missing title"
				should_add = False

			if should_add:
				listingwriter.writerow([album, artist, title])
			else:
				print mp3file + " was not added to the output"

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()