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Reverse a Spotify playlist
import os
import spotipy
import spotipy.util as util
'''
python3 script to reverse a Spotify playlist, i.e.:
A B C D E (before)
E D C B A (after)
Create a new Spotify app on https://developer.spotify.com/.
Set `http://localhost/` as the callback URL.
Then replace the ENV variables accordingly and run the following 2 commands:
pip3 install spotipy
CLIENT_ID='<replace>' \
CLIENT_SECRET='<replace>' \
USER_ID='<replace>' \
PLAYLIST_ID='<replace>' \
python3 reverse-playlist.py
'''
CLIENT_ID = os.environ['CLIENT_ID']
CLIENT_SECRET = os.environ['CLIENT_SECRET']
USER_ID = os.environ['USER_ID']
REDIRECT_URI = 'http://localhost/'
PLAYLIST_ID = os.environ['PLAYLIST_ID']
SCOPE = 'playlist-read-private playlist-modify-private playlist-modify-public'
def get_spotify_instance():
token = util.prompt_for_user_token(
username=USER_ID,
scope=SCOPE,
client_id=CLIENT_ID,
client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET,
redirect_uri=REDIRECT_URI)
return spotipy.Spotify(auth=token)
def reverse():
sp = get_spotify_instance()
playlist = sp.user_playlist(USER_ID, PLAYLIST_ID)
total = playlist['tracks']['total']
snapshot_id = playlist['snapshot_id']
i = 0
while i < total:
try:
res = sp.user_playlist_reorder_tracks(USER_ID, PLAYLIST_ID, 0, total - i, snapshot_id=snapshot_id)
print(playlist['name'], res, str(i + 1) + "/" + str(total))
snapshot_id = res['snapshot_id']
i += 1
except Exception as e:
print("Spotify API rate limit exceeded or token expired, please wait...:", e)
sp = get_spotify_instance()
if __name__ == "__main__":
reverse()
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