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Python script to delete duplicate tracks from Google Play Music library.

Python script to delete duplicate tracks from Google Play Music library. Please retry until "No duplicate songs" message is displayed. Use this script at your own risk. gmusicapi is required.

#!/usr/bin/env python
from gmusicapi import Mobileclient
from getpass import getpass
client = Mobileclient()
client.login( raw_input( "Username: " ), getpass() )
print "Getting all songs ..."
all_songs = client.get_all_songs()
new_songs = {}
old_songs = {}
for song in all_songs:
song_id = song.get('id')
timestamp = song.get('recentTimestamp')
key = "%s: %d-%02d %s" % ( song.get('album'), song.get('discNumber'), song.get('trackNumber'), song.get('title') )
if key in new_songs:
if new_songs[key]['timestamp'] < timestamp:
old_songs[key] = new_songs[key]
new_songs[key] = { 'id': song_id, 'timestamp': timestamp }
else:
old_songs[key] = { 'id': song_id, 'timestamp': timestamp }
new_songs[key] = { 'id': song_id, 'timestamp': timestamp }
if len( old_songs ):
print "Duplicate songs"
old_song_ids = []
for key in sorted( old_songs.keys() ):
old_song_ids.append( old_songs[key]['id'] )
print " " + key.encode('utf-8')
if raw_input( "Delete duplicate songs? (y, n): ") is 'y':
print "Deleting songs ..."
client.delete_songs( old_song_ids )
else:
print "No duplicate songs"
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Can you tell me what i'm doing wrong? I get this error:

python2 gm-cleaner.py
Username: XXXXXXXX
Password:
Getting all songs ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gm-cleaner.py", line 18, in
key = "%s: %d-%02d %s" % ( song.get('album'), song.get('discNumber'), song.get('trackNumber'), song.get('title') )
TypeError: %d format: a number is required, not NoneType

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