Spotify Downloader

Download audio files from spotify links(Based on: youtube-dl)

 

Required

Get FFMPEG

Node.js 18

git not windows or git for windows

Note: if you run into issues related to puppeteer chromium download please try PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true npm install -g spotify-dl

spotifydl

A simple commandline utility that allows you to download Spotify Songs, Shows, Episodes, Playlists and Albums from Youtube.

PLEASE NOTE:

• The ability to find a video is dependent on the fact it is hosted on youtube, and even then there is a chance it is still incorrectly matched
• Some items may only be available to spotify premium users, please be sure to provide a username and password when this is the case

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Installation

NPM

npm install -g https://github.com/swapnilsoni1999/spotify-dl

or You can do manually

git clone https://github.com/SwapnilSoni1999/spotify-dl
cd spotify-dl
npm install
npm link

Android (Termux)

PS: You may need to type termux-setup-storage first and allow storage permission

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SwapnilSoni1999/spotify-dl/master/tools/termux.sh)"

Docker

docker run ghcr.io/swapnilsoni1999/spotify-dl

or Build docker image:

git clone https://github.com/SwapnilSoni1999/spotify-dl
cd spotify-dl
docker build -t spotify-dl .

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Usage

To download highest quality audio file

spotifydl <spotify track/album/playlist link> ...

 

Example

spotifydl https://open.spotify.com/track/xyz

Options

Flag	Long Flag	Usage
--o	--output	takes valid output path argument
--es	--extra-search	takes extra search string/term to be used for youtube search
--oo	--output-only	enforces all downloaded songs in the output dir
--sf	--search-format	provide template for youtube api, supports albumName, artistName,itemName
		"something {itemName} - {albumName} anyrandomextrastring"
--of	--output-format	provide template for output of filenames, supports albumName, artistName,itemName
		3 x _ are used to signify directories
		"something___{artistName}{albumName}{itemName}"
--ef	--exclusion-filters	comma separated string of exclusion filters
		each filter will be checked against the description and title if found the link will be ignored
--st	--saved-tracks	download spotify saved tracks
--ss	--saved-songs	download spotify saved shows
--sp	--saved-playlists	download spotify saved playlists
--sa	--saved-albums	download spotify saved albums
--l	--login	Requests a login in an external window (non tty should use --u and --p) (Docker without -it is non tty)
--u	--username	spotify username for headless long (Note: you must use --login once to grant access)
--p	--password	spotify password
--cf	--cache-file	takes valid output file name path argument
--dr	--download-report	output a download report of what files failed
--cof	--cookie-file	takes valid file name path argument to a txt file for youtube cookies
--v	--version	returns current version
--h	--help	outputs help text
--dl	--download-lyrics	enables downloading of lyrics
--oft	--output-file-type	choose which type of file to be output as

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Notes

To use --u and --p (headless login) you must do a --l once first to grant required permissions (playlists, saved songs ect.)

if you receive 'Got a spotify api error WebapiRegularError: An error occurred while communicating with Spotify's Web API Details: non existing id' you may need to provide auth either use --l for manual login prompt or --u username --p password for headless login

If you receive a 429 error please provide a cookies file given the --cof flag, to generate a cookies file please refer to Chrome or Firefox

Docker

docker run -it --user=$(id -u):$(id -g) -v $(pwd):/download --rm spotify-dl <options-to-spotify-dl defaults to --help>
docker run -it --user=$(id -u):$(id -g) -v $(pwd):/download --rm spotify-dl "https://open.spotify.com/...."

Acknowledgements

thanks to icons8 for icons in hero image and all the contributors for PR, suggestions and testing :love:

 

License

MIT © Swapnil Soni