spotifytracks.py

#!/bin/env python3
# Lists each entry of a spotify list (playlist/album/artist), for yt-dlp, scrobbling etc.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import re
import requests
import sys
import json

if len(sys.argv) < 2 or not sys.argv[1].startswith('https://open.spotify.com/'):
    print(f'{sys.argv[0]} [spotify url]')
    sys.exit(1)

url = sys.argv[1].replace('open.spotify.com/', 'embed.spotify.com/')
soup = BeautifulSoup(requests.get(url).text, features='html.parser')
j = json.loads(soup.css.select('#__NEXT_DATA__')[0].text)


entity = j['props']['pageProps']['state']['data']['entity']
if entity['type'] == 'track':
    print(f"{entity['artists'][0]['name']} - {entity['name']}")
else: # TODO: explicitly check entity types, for now just assume album/artist/playlist or anything that has a trackList
    tracks = []
    for track in entity['trackList']:
        artist = re.split(r',\s', track['subtitle'], maxsplit=1)[0]
        tracks.append(f"{artist} - {track['title']}")

    print('\n'.join(tracks))