Spot the Hijack

(* Script to record and tag spotify tracks, by Lloyd Moore *)
(* Modified by Tiffany G. Wilson to resolve audio splitting issues, automate starting/stopping, and add recording customization *)
(* Snippets for controlling Spotify are from Johnny B on tumblr (http://johnnyb.tumblr.com/post/25716608379/spotify-offline-playlist) *)
(* The idea of using delayed tagging/filename updating is from a guest user on pastebin (http://pastebin.com/rHqY0qg9) *)
(* The only thing to change in the script is the output format; you must change the file extension and the recording format to match *)
(* Run this script once a song you want to record is queued (stopped at beginning) or playing *)
(* Running the script will initiate hijacking, recording and audio playback *)
(* To stop script, pause Spotify or wait for album/playlist to end*)
(* To set id3 tags, use application Kid3 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/kid3/) and copy '%{artist} - %{album} - %{track} - %{title}' from file name to Tag 2 *)

set output_folder to (choose folder with prompt "Please choose an output directory")
set folder_path to POSIX path of output_folder

property file_extension : ".mp3"
-- property file_extension : ".m4a" (* If format is changed to AAC *)

property check_delay : 0.1 (* How often to check for a new track *)
property write_delay : 2 (* How long to wait before updating file name *)
property stop_delay : 1 (* How long to wait before updating final file after playback stops *)

set track_counter to 1

tell application "Spotify"
	if player state is playing then pause
end tell

tell application "Audio Hijack Pro"
	activate
	set theSession to my getSession()
	tell theSession
		-- Recording file settings
		set output folder to output_folder
		set output name format to "%tag_title"
		set title tag to track_counter
		
		-- Audio format settings
		set recording format to {encoding:MP3, bit rate:256, channels:Stereo, style:VBR}
		--set recording format to {encoding:AAC, bit rate:256, channels:Stereo}
	end tell
	
	if hijacked of theSession is false then start hijacking theSession
	start recording theSession
end tell

set track_counter to (track_counter + 1)

tell application "Spotify"
	-- Start playing Spotify from beginning of current track 
	set player position to 0
	play
	
	set track_name to (name of current track)
	set track_artist to (artist of current track)
	set track_album to (album of current track)
	set track_number to (track number of current track)
	
	repeat until player state is not playing
		-- On change of track
		if track_name is not equal to (name of current track) then
			tell application "Audio Hijack Pro"
				tell theSession
					set title tag to track_counter
					split recording
				end tell
			end tell
			
			delay write_delay
			
			-- Update the file name from track_counter.mp3 to artist - ... - track.mp3
			my update_filename(track_counter - 1, track_artist, track_name, track_album, track_number, folder_path)
			set track_counter to (track_counter + 1)
			
			-- Get new track data
			set track_name to name of current track
			set track_artist to artist of current track
			set track_album to album of current track
			set track_number to track number of current track
		end if
		delay check_delay
	end repeat
	
	-- Stop recording and edit final file name once playback has stopped
	delay stop_delay
	tell application "Audio Hijack Pro"
		stop recording theSession
		stop hijacking theSession
	end tell
	my update_filename(track_counter - 1, track_artist, track_name, track_album, track_number, folder_path)
end tell


-- Update file name so it can be tagged using Kid3
on update_filename(track_counter, track_artist, track_name, track_album, track_number, folder_path)
	set old_file to ("\"" & folder_path & track_counter & file_extension & "\"")
	set new_file to ("\"" & folder_path & track_artist & " - " & track_album & " - " & track_number & " - " & track_name & file_extension & "\"")
	do shell script ("mv " & old_file & " " & new_file)
end update_filename

-- Set Spotify session in Audio Hijack Pro
on getSession()
	tell application "Audio Hijack Pro"
		set sessionName to "Spotify"
		try
			set theSession to (first item of (every session whose name is sessionName))
			theSession is not null
		on error
			set theSession to (make new application session at end of sessions)
			set name of theSession to sessionName
		end try
	end tell
	return theSession
end getSession

similar thing without polling: https://gist.github.com/himenlinamarbric/106274984ea7e6fd55dd

+1 @kal505 - Anyone got this working with v3?

Hey has anyone used this recently?
I used to use doug's apple scripts back in the day for itunes organization...
I'm looking to record albums and have their album art and track names get imported automatically.

It seems last audio hijack 4 (and no longer PRO) does not support applescript anymore, only javascript. So you must look for something with javascript for both Spotify and Audio Hijack: I haven't found it yet!

That's a shame... And there isn't much documentation to help us with the conversion...