soundcloud_m3u.py

"""
This code generates m3u file of a soundcloud playlist or a single track
"""
import sys
from sclib import SoundcloudAPI, Track, Playlist # pip3 install soundcloud-lib


def main(argv):
    try:
        # url = argv[1]
        # or enter the url like below
        url = input("Enter SoundCloud url:")
    except IndexError:
        print('Usage: soundcloud_m3u playlist/track url')
        return False

    api = SoundcloudAPI()
    response = api.resolve(url)

    if type(response) is Playlist:
        tracks = response.tracks
        title = response.title
    elif type(response) is Track:
        tracks = [response]
        title = response.title
    else:
        print("unknown response")
        return False

    with open(f'./{title}.m3u', mode='w', encoding="utf-8") as fp:
        line = "#EXTM3U\n"
        print(line + "\n")
        fp.write(line)
        for idx, track in enumerate(tracks, 1):
            line = f"#EXTINF:{idx}, {track.title}"
            print(line)
            fp.write(line + "\n")
            line = f"{track.permalink_url}\n"
            print(line)
            fp.write(line + "\n")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(sys.argv)