Spotify Playlist Word Cloud Generator

This project is a prototype for generating a Word Cloud based on the lyrics of songs from a user's Spotify playlist. It demonstrates how to integrate data from multiple APIs (Spotify and Genius) and utilize text processing techniques to create a visual representation of the most common words in the lyrics.

Table of Contents

• Project Overview
• Installation
• Usage
• APIs Used
• Features
• Contributing
• License

Project Overview

This project retrieves tracks from a user's Spotify playlist and fetches the corresponding song lyrics from the Genius API. It processes the lyrics by removing stopwords and creates a word cloud based on the frequency of the words. The final word cloud is displayed and saved as an image, which can be used as a playlist cover.

Key Components:

1. Spotify API: Fetches playlist and track data from a Spotify account.
2. Genius API: Retrieves song lyrics for the tracks in the playlist.
3. Word Cloud Generator: Uses Matplotlib's WordCloud library to create a visual representation of word frequencies in the song lyrics.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab
• Spotify Developer Account
• Genius API Key

Install Required Libraries

The necessary libraries can be installed with the following command:

pip install lyricsgenius nltk wordcloud matplotlib requests

If running in Google Colab, install the required libraries inside the notebook:

!pip install lyricsgenius

Usage

1. Set Up API Credentials:

   • Spotify API: Set up your Spotify API credentials (Client ID, Client Secret, and Redirect URI) through the Spotify Developer Dashboard. These credentials should be securely stored in environment variables or in the notebook’s SECRETS tab.
   • Genius API: Obtain your Genius API access token from Genius API and store it securely.

2. Run the Notebook:

   • Open the data_feature_1.ipynb notebook in Jupyter or Colab and execute the cells.
   • Authorize access to your Spotify account using the provided URL and paste the authorization code into the notebook.

3. Word Cloud Generation:

   • The notebook will retrieve the tracks from your Spotify playlist, fetch the corresponding lyrics from the Genius API, and generate a word cloud based on the lyrics.
   • The word cloud will be displayed in the notebook and saved as a PNG image in your working directory.

APIs Used

• Spotify API: Retrieves the user's playlists and track information.
• Genius API: Fetches the song lyrics for tracks in the user's playlist.

Features

• Retrieve a list of Spotify playlists and their tracks.
• Fetch lyrics for each track from the Genius API.
• Perform text processing using the nltk library to remove stopwords and clean the lyrics.
• Generate and display a word cloud based on the most common words in the lyrics.
• Save the word cloud as an image for use as a playlist cover.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to this project, feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue to discuss potential changes.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.