YouTube to Spotify Archiver

A simple script to add all songs from a YouTube playlist to a Spotify playlist.

Example

What's New in Version 2?

• Faster: Uses YouTube API to get song info instead of Selenium.
• Convenient: No need to refresh token after every hour.
• Reliable: Adds 85-95% of the songs from popular YouTube playlists.

Note

Works only for public YouTube playlists.

Stats

Added 142 songs to Spotify playlist out of 150 songs from YouTube playlist.

Setup

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip (Python package installer)
• Spotify Developer Account
• YouTube API Key

Environment Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/edgarh92/Youtube-to-Spotify-Archiver.git
   cd Youtube-to-Spotify-Archiver

2. Create a virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Set up environment variables:

   Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following variables:

   SPOTIFY_USER_ID=your_user_id
   SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=your_spotify_client_id
   SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=your_spotify_client_secret
   SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:8888/callback
   YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your_youtube_api_key

   Note: Spotify user id can be obtained from the following Profile Link

Spotify Developer Setup

1. Create an app: Spotify Developer Dashboard

   

2. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret:

   

3. Set redirect URI to http://localhost:8888/callback:

   

Get YouTube API Key

Click here to see how to create YouTube API key

Setting Environment Variables (Mac and Linux)

1. Rename the file .env.sample to .env

2. Edit the file by adding your credentials

3. Run the following command to set your environment variable:

   source .env

Setting Environment Variables (Windows)

set SPOTIFY_USER_ID=<your_user_id>
set SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=<your_client_id>
set SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=<your_client_secret>
set SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI='http://localhost:8888/callback'
set YOUTUBE_API_KEY=<your_youtube_api_key>

Usage

python app/main.py --url "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=#######" --cookies "/path/to/youtube/cookies/file"

CLI Arguments

• --url, -u: Link to Video or Song URL (required)
• -o, --output: Destination location of JSON files (default: ~/Music/JSON)
• --dryrun: Do not add to Spotify.
• -playlist, --playlist: Save to specific Spotify Playlist (default: YouTube Playlist Name)
• --store_json: Download JSON metadata of the video.
• --archive, --a: Location of archive reference file (default: ~/Music/JSON/archive.log)
• --cookies: Path to cookies file (required)
• --loglevel: Set log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)

Logs

Logs are output to /tmp/youtube.log.

Output

Enter YouTube playlist ID: PLgzTt0k8mXzEpH7-dOCHqRZOsakqXmzmG
Enter a name for your Spotify playlist: youtube_chill_songs

The Chainsmokers - Takeaway was added to playlist.
KIRBY-Don't Leave Your Girl was not found!
Lauv - There's No Way was added to playlist.
...
Usher - Crash was added to playlist.

Example

Result

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.