README.md

Python Application to Create Spotify Playlist

Description:

• Application can take any block of text
• It creates a playlist of Spotify tracks using the Spotify API.
• Input to the application is provided in the form of command line arguments, if not provided script will prompt the user to provide a text query

Dependency / Installation

• pip install spotipy
• Create a spotify application from the url : https://developer.spotify.com/my-applications/#!/applications/create
  • Retrieve client ID, client Secret from the App.

Quick Start Modules

• create_spotify_playlist.py:
  • Main class file
  • reads user input -> parses input -> authorizes spotify -> search for tracks
  • Provide the above fetch client id & secret key to the global variables created in class MyTrack
    • client_id = " "
    • client_secret = " "
  • Following will give examples on how to execute the above script:

    • help on arguments: python create_spotify_playlist.py -h

    • Eg 1: python create_spotify_playlist.py "if i can't let it go out of my mind"

      • Output Format:
        • https://open.spotify.com/track/7JeKXMQKm6GoLGTkNy2jZ0
        • https://open.spotify.com/track/13HVjjWUZFaWilh2QUJKsP
        • https://open.spotify.com/track/7m4HUtdXRUHEitLIqbVWxf

    • Eg 2: python create_spotify_playlist.py

      • when no argument provided the script will prompt user to enter the input (shown below)
      • please enter query string here : if i can't let it go out of my mind

Testing

• test_end_to_end.py

  • Performs end to end testing of the application
  • execution: python test_end_to_end.py

• test_unitest.py

  • Performs unittest
  • execution: python test_unitest.py

Application Assumptions

• Splits the user input into short text of size 3 or more
• filter duplicate tracks