Export Spotify "Recently played" to a new playlist

recently_played_to_playlist.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Usage:
#  - open https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-recently-played
#  - open inspector and get bearer token 1
#  - open https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/add-tracks-to-playlist
#  - open inspector and get bearer token 2
#  - create a new spotify playlist and get the ID
# currently spotify APIs are limited to the last 50 played songs

if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
        echo "Usage: $0 <token1> <token2> <playlist>"
        exit 1
fi

TOKEN1=$1
TOKEN2=$2
PLAYLIST=$3
AMOUNT=20
URL="https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/recently-played?limit=${AMOUNT}"

while true; do

        echo Loading last songs ...
        echo curl \"$URL\" -H \"$TOKEN1\"
        curl "$URL" -H "$TOKEN1"   > /tmp/spotify_recently_played
        echo Extracting URIs ...
        cat /tmp/spotify_recently_played |jq '{uris: [.items[].track.uri]}'  > /tmp/spotify_tracks_for_playlist
        echo Updating playlist ...
        curl "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/$PLAYLIST/tracks" -X POST  -H "$TOKEN2"  --data @/tmp/spotify_tracks_for_playlist

        echo Done!

        URL=`cat /tmp/spotify_recently_played | jq '.next' | tr -d '"'`
        data_iso=`cat /tmp/spotify_recently_played | jq '.items[-1].played_at' | tr -d '"'`

        echo "Press enter to load $AMOUNT more songs prior to ${data_iso}, or Ctrl-C to stop ..."
        read

done