spotgen

Spotgen

Spotgen is a minimal CLI tool for quickly generating spotify playlists.

Note: You will need access to a browser in order to register your app and initiate user verification

Installation

To install, clone this repository and run go build

Configuration

In order to use Spotgen you must first create an app in the Spotify developer portal. Once created go to settings and set your redirect URI to https://localhost:8888/ and save. Then, using the client id and client secret provided by the developer portal, create a top-level .env file and set the CLIENT_ID & CLIENT_SECRET variables.

Usage

There are two types of playlists that can be generated with Spotgen, featured or recommended. Featured playlists generate a playlist based on tracks in your featured playlist library, while recommended playlists generate based on given seed items.

spotgen
spotgen is a minimal CLI tool for quickly generating spotify playlists.

USAGE: 
    ./spotgen <COMMANDS> --name <Rest of flags>

COMMANDS:
    feat    Generate a featured playlist
        --name      Name of the playlist to be generated
        --len       Length of the playlist to be generated
        --desc      Description of the playlist to be generated
        --pub       Publicity of the playlist to be generated
        --collab    Collaboration capabilities of the playlist to be generated

    rec     Generate a recommended playlsit
        --name      Name of the playlist to be generated
        --len       Name of the playlist to be generated
        --desc      Name of the playlist to be generated
        --art       Comma-separated string of artists to use for playlist generation
        --gen       Comma-separated string of genres to use for playlist generation
        --pub       Publicity of the playlist to be generated
        --collab    Collaboration capabilities of the playlist to be generated

Note: You must use quotes when using the --desc, --art, & --gen flags if the value contains spaces or else it will parse incorrectly

Examples

Featured playlist with all fields: $ ./spotgen feat --name Generate1 --len 25 --desc "Spotgenerated" --pub false --collab true

Featured playlist with the only required flag: $ ./spotgen feat --name Generate2

Recommended playlist with all fields: $ ./spotgen rec --name Generate3 --len 40 --desc "Spotgenerated2" --art "Drake,The Internet" --pub true --collab false

Recommended playlist with default length: $ ./spotgen rec --name Generate4 --desc "Spotgenerated3" --art "Luke Bryan,Babytron" --pub true --collab false