Spotify is classifying my post as Spam. I've removed links in the post below, as well as modifying HTTP lines.
Here we go again.
I'll do you one better tom101 and post that reply here.
The following is a Python Script. ChatGPT helped me build it. ChatGPT responses are italicized. My words are not. The following question created the script.
"Hi ChatGPT. Could you help me create a script that would help me rename a Spotify playlist?"
The answer came back as follows:
Sure, I can help you with that! To rename a Spotify playlist using a script, you'll first need to use the Spotify Web API. The process involves several steps:
- Register Your Application: Go to the Spotify Developer Dashboard and create an application. This is necessary to get your Client ID and Client Secret.
- Authorization: Spotify uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and authorization. You'll need to implement an OAuth flow to obtain an access token that allows you to make API calls.
- Renaming the Playlist: Use the Spotify Web API endpoint to rename a playlist. This requires the playlist ID and the new name you want to give it.
Here's a basic Python script outline that demonstrates these steps:
Prerequisites
- Python installed on your system.
- Install the requests library, which you can do using pip install requests.
Instructions
- Replace 'your_client_id' and 'your_client_secret' with your Spotify application's Client ID and Client Secret.
- Replace 'your_playlist_id' with the ID of the playlist you want to rename.
- Replace 'New Playlist Name' with the new name you want for your playlist.
- Replace ‘New Playlist Description’ with the new description you want for your playlist
Note that this script uses Client Credentials flow for simplicity, which is suitable for server-to-server requests but does not allow access to user data. If you need to modify a user's private playlist, you'll need to use the Authorization Code flow to get user authorization.
So for starters, you have to go to Spotify Developer Dashboard and get your Client ID and Client Secret. Once you get that information, you will use it inside the script itself to automate this script.
Here is the Python script that ChatGPT created with modifications along the way. You can download Python for free in the link below. It comes with a free editor called "IDLE" which helps you with syntax.
(I can't post the link here, but simply go to python dot org and to their downloads section to get the latest version of Python)
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import webbrowser
import requests
from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
import urllib.parse as urlparse
CLIENT_ID = '<32 character client id that ChatGPT can help you get. Just ask it.>'
CLIENT_SECRET = '<32 character client secret that ChatGPT can help you get. Just ask it>'
REDIRECT_URI = 'http:%%localhost:8888%callback ' #Replace the percent % signs with forward slash / in this liine to get this redirect to work
# Global variable for access token
access_token = None
# Step 1: User Authorization
def open_authorization_url():
<tab>scope = 'playlist-modify-private playlist-modify-public'
# Note - the following 2 lines are actually 1 line. Limitations of THIS community editor are forcing me to break up the lines. Note the common overlap between the end of the first line and the beggining of the 2nd line. Adjust accordingly by removing the redundant text, to get your long line that begins with auth_url and ends with {scope}'
# add the following line to the one immediately following it. Get rid of the plus (+) and one of the redundant "CLIENT_ID}&response_type=" entries
<tab>auth_url = f'https:%%accounts.spotify.com%authorize?client_id={CLIENT_ID}&response_type=
+
{CLIENT_ID}&response_type=code&redirect_uri={REDIRECT_URI}&scope={scope}'
#Replace the percent % signs with forward slash / in this liine to get this redirect to work
# Step 2: Handling the Redirect and Getting the Access Token
class CallbackHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
<tab>def do_GET(self):
<tab><tab>global access_token
<tab><tab>if '/callback' in self.path:
<tab><tab><tab>query = urlparse.urlparse(self.path).query
<tab><tab><tab>code = urlparse.parse_qs(query)['code'][0]
<tab><tab><tab>self.send_response(200)
<tab><tab><tab>self.end_headers()
<tab><tab><tab>self.wfile.write(b'You can close this window now.')
<tab><tab><tab>access_token = exchange_code_for_token(code)
def exchange_code_for_token(code):
<tab>token_url = 'https:%%accounts.spotify.com%api/token ' #Replace the percent % signs with forward slash / in this liine to get this redirect to work
<tab>payload = {
<tab><tab>'grant_type': 'authorization_code',
<tab><tab>'code': code,
<tab><tab>'redirect_uri': REDIRECT_URI,
<tab><tab>'client_id': CLIENT_ID,
<tab><tab>'client_secret': CLIENT_SECRET
<tab>}
<tab>response = requests.post(token_url, data=payload)
<tab>return response.json().get('access_token')
def rename_playlist(access_token, playlist_id, new_name, new_description):
<tab>"""Function to rename a Spotify playlist"""
<tab>headers = {
<tab><tab>'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}',
<tab><tab>'Content-Type': 'application/json',
<tab>}
<tab>payload = {
<tab><tab>'name': new_name,
<tab><tab>'description': new_description, # Optional: you can change the description here
<tab><tab>'public': True # Set to True if you want the playlist to be public
<tab>}
<tab>response = requests.put(f'https:%%api.spotify.com%v1%playlists%{playlist_id }', headers=headers, json=payload)
<tab>return response #Replace the percent % signs with forward slash / in this liine to get this redirect to work
def main():
<tab>open_authorization_url()
<tab>server = HTTPServer(('localhost', 8888), CallbackHandler)
<tab>server.handle_request()
<tab>global access_token
<tab>if access_token:
<tab><tab># After obtaining the access token, rename the playlist
<tab><tab>playlist_id = 'The playlist ID you want to be made alive again' # Replace with your playlist ID
<tab><tab>new_playlist_name = 'The Playlist name that you want your playlist to have' #Replace with your Playlist Name
<tab><tab>new_playlist_description = 'The description you want your playlist to have' #Replace with the new description
<tab><tab>response = rename_playlist(access_token, playlist_id, new_playlist_name, new_playlist_description)
<tab><tab>if response.status_code == 200:
<tab><tab><tab>print("Playlist renamed and description updated successfully!")
<tab><tab>else:
<tab><tab><tab>print(f"Failed to rename playlist or update description: {response.json()}")
<tab>else:
<tab><tab>print("Failed to obtain access token")
if __name__ == "__main__":
<tab>main()
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Notes:
The redirect URI will bring up a browser page that acts as your confirmation of success of the script. Simply close the page after the script runs.
If you want to automate this (I have my playlist being taken down 2-3 times a day), you’ll need to invoke the Python script on a daily or hourly basis thru Windows Task Scheduler. You’ll need a running computer to do this.
Let me know if you have any questions!
