Where to get the app key?

[billyschmidt]

The link is dead not sure where to get spotify_appkey.key from anymore?

[ghost]

Let me know if there's any issue with this link. https://github.com/richardk80/spotify-appkey/raw/master/spotify_appkey.key

[Avinguda21]

What format is this? Can't be read!

[ghost]

@Avinguda21 There's nothing wrong with that file. It's probably your .spotify-ripper folder. You have to fix your folder permissions when you first install spotify-ripper. What you could do is just delete the .spotify-ripper folder, and create a new one, then put your config.ini and this spotify_appkey.key file in it.

[Avinguda21]

Thanks.
Before I go any further ... does this install work? My first issue following the ubuntu install instructions is that libspotify doesn't download.

[ghost]

@Avinguda21 Let me know if you have an issue downloading this. https://github.com/richardk80/libspotify/raw/master/libspotify-12.1.51-Linux-x86_64-release.tar.gz

[Avinguda21]

Thanks again.
I'll try it. But already problem 2! I tried to set up pyenv (using the auto-installer). It seemed to install okay, but ended by saying some lines had to be added to .bashrc. I can't find that file anywhere. (even with show hidden files turned on).

[ghost]

@Avinguda21 Don't worry about using pyenv.
Just follow these directions:
sudo apt-get install lame build-essential libffi-dev git python-dev python-setuptools
tar xvf libspotify-12.1.51-Linux-x86_64-release.tar.gz
cd libspotify-12.1.51-Linux-x86_64-release/
sudo make install prefix=/usr/local
git clone https://github.com/hbashton/spotify-ripper.git && cd spotify-ripper && sudo python setup.py install

[Avinguda21]

ok! I'll give it a try later today.
But what about the other prerequisites?
Thanks

[ghost]

@Avinguda21 If you're just gonna be making mp3 files with this, you should be set. That's why you installed lame. If you're gonna be making any other files like m4a or flac, then it will let you know if you need to install those codecs. Just follow the instructions I gave you and you'll be good.

[Avinguda21]

okay so no need for pyspotify ?

[Avinguda21]

Okay. Got this far:

brian@brian-mint:~/libspotify-12.1.51-Linux-x86_64-release$ git clone https://github.com/hbashton/spotify-ripper.git && cd spotify-ripper && sudo python setup.py
Cloning into 'spotify-ripper'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 1883, done.
remote: Total 1883 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 1883
Receiving objects: 100% (1883/1883), 459.75 KiB | 785.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1300/1300), done.
usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
or: setup.py --help-commands
or: setup.py cmd --help

error: no commands supplied
brian@brian-mint:~/libspotify-12.1.51-Linux-x86_64-release/spotify-ripper$ install
install: missing file operand
Try 'install --help' for more information.

So what now?

[ghost]

@Avinguda21 Try this: git clone https://github.com/hbashton/spotify-ripper.git && cd spotify-ripper && sudo python setup.py install. I left out the install part at the end. My bad.

[ghost]

Pyspotify will be installed for you when you run the commands above^

[Avinguda21]

Worked!

Now back to earlier message about the location of the spotify key ...

and read up about the config file

will report back. thanks for all the help

[ghost]

The spotify_appkey.key file goes into the .spotify-ripper folder. Where your config.ini file is located.

[ghost]

You can do this if you want:
sudo chmod -R 777 .spotify-ripper
This will fix the permissions for the .spotify-ripper folder.

[Avinguda21]

Okay.
So now some even dumber questions!
I just want to dload MP3 files from one album saved in My Library.

So what command do I use?
How do I specify my spotify login in the command?
I assume I use the spotify Shared URL to access the album?
Do I just use the example config file ?
Where are the files saved?

[ghost]

Open up your .spotify-ripper folder and find the default_config.ini file and rename is to config.ini.

Then clear out everything in that file. Like erase everything in there, then put this in there:

[main]
user = your spotify username
password = your spotify password
ascii = True
format = {album_artist}/{year} {album}/Disc 0{disc_idx}/0{track_idx} {track_name}.{ext}
directory = /home/your ubuntu username/Music/
quality = 320
bitrate = 320
grouping = {label}
normalize = True
cbr = True
mp3 = True
last = False
partial_check = strict

Only change the areas that I listed as "Your whatever".

Do you have Spotify installed on Ubuntu? If you don't, I recommend that you install it now.
Once you have it installed, what you do is open Spotify, and then find that album, and then right click on the album name, and you should see a dropdown of sorts. Look for Share, then look for Copy Spotify URI. Then you go into terminal and add this for example: spotify-ripper spotify:album:754RY5WpZ2LTUZsk8kDBju

Don't use the Spotify Player on play.spotify.com to get your URI. Use the native Spotify app that you install on your computer.

[ghost]

Replace the URI I listed in the example with whatever URI you get from the Spotify app. You can also get a URI for an individual track, and if you want to download a playlist, you will have to create a text file like for example: songs.txt, and then put the URIs for each song in your playlist in that text file, then use this command to make it download your songs for example: spotify-ripper songs.txt

[Avinguda21]

Thanks. Just a point - the .spotify ripper folder was empty. So I added the key file. I guess I just create the config file using your example. Understood about the spotify program url.

So, what actual command do I use to start the process? Is it just:

spotify-ripper spotify:album:754RY5WpZ2LTUZsk8kDBju
(changing the url, of course)

It's late here now - so I'll leave this for tomorrow. thanks again.

[ghost]

The commands you use are like this for example:
Album: spotify-ripper spotify:album:754RY5WpZ2LTUZsk8kDBju
Track: spotify-ripper spotify:track:56fiFTRrSiHHH3gBeaTg2P
Artist: spotify-ripper spotify:artist:05fG473iIaoy82BF1aGhL8
Playlist: Use the example I gave above, and use command spotify-ripper example.txt

[Avinguda21]

Looks like success! Just dloaded 2 files. I'll try them in a player tomorrow.

Can I reduce the mp3 to a lower bitrate in the config file?

[ghost]

Yeah. Change "quality = 320" to "quality = 160".

[Avinguda21]

Great.

Thanks for all the help.

[ghost]

@koehlerson You have to create a text file that has all your Spotify URIs in it, and then type in “spotify-ripper example.txt”

[ghost]

Yeah you can do that. I never cared to try and figure out how to fix the issue with playlists because I hardly ever download them. Sorry not sorry I guess.

[DevNull-00]

The link for the spotify_appkey doesn't work anymore, where can I find one?

[JanGross]

@ItzLuk3 try the ones from these repos: https://github.com/search?q=spotify-appkey