Playlist2Collage

Converts album covers from Spotify playlist to a Google Chrome "new tab" background

Setup

1. Go to https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard and create a new app
2. Replace values CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET in VARS.py with values from app
3. Uncomment line 209 and comment line 110 in main.py. It should look like this
4. Run main.py eg. python main.py it should look like this
5. Copy 'access_token' from step 4 and add it to AUTH_TOKEN in VARS.py
6. Reverse what you did in step 3, it should now look like this
7. Add Spotify playlist ID to PLAYLIST_ID in VARS.py. Get playlist ID by right-clicking it in spotify and going Share>Copy Spotify URI and the pasting the part after "spotify:playlist:"
8. VARS.py should now look like this
9. Change the value of "ChromeLocation" in main.py to the location of background.jpg
10. Run main.py eg. python main.py
11. Output should look like this

Troubleshooting

If you get an error like this:

Repeat step 3-6 from Setup and try again