I decided to write it in Go, because there would be no dependenecies and anyone could run it without installing an ecosystem (e.g. Then, I tried a different Spotify downloader written in Node, spotify-playlist-downloader (run using Node 10.14.1 on Windows 10) which also resulted in an error immediately, something about Cannot read property 'csrftoken' of undefined. Turns out this was a bug fix to another bug fix that wasn’t pushed to PyPI yet. For instance a search for Ian William Craig - Arrive Arrive resolted in a video parodying Hitler.īut eventually I would also get a 403 error and then another NameError: name 'time' is not defined error. I tried it again and immediately had problems with correct detection of songs.
It turned out to be a youtube-dl problem, which I then upgraded to the new current version. Something about Could not find JS function 'encodeURIComponent'. Maybe it’s a Windows thing?įirst I tried a Spotify downloader written in Python, spotdl (run using Python 3.7.1 on Windows 10). Both of them resulted in errors despite my system being new and despite having all of my dependencies up-to-date. I tried the two most popular - one written in Python and one written in Node. Please support the artists by buying their music.Ī search for “Spotify Download” gives about 250 results, some which are quiet popular. This tool is for educational purposes only and was created only to show how Spotify’s API can be used to download music from YouTube. I decided to try out a couple of “Spotify downloaders” but in the end I decided to make my own.ĭisclaimer: Downloading copyright songs may be illegal in your country. I’d like to listen to them offline, for personal use only - so I could put them on my old-fashioned mp3 player.
I listen to a lot of Spotify and make a lot of playlists. Download Spotify playlists into mp3 files using YouTube and a simple command-line program written in Go.
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