README.md

playlist-analyzer

a simple spotify playlist analyzer.

this tool takes a spotify playlist/album link as input and returns details for each song:

• name of the song
• artist of the song
• length of the song
• whether or not the song is explicit (y/n)
• the tempo of the song in bpm
• the energy (made-up metric by spotify)
• the danceability of the song (made-up metric by spotify)

installation

to install this application, the following needs to be done:

1. set up a project with spotify here. The parameters here are irrelevant. i've set the redirect uri to http://localhost:8080.
2. clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/phntxx/playlist-analyzer

3. copy config.template.yml to config.yml:

   cp config.template.yml config.yml

4. edit config.yml. add the client id, client secret and redirect uri you got in step 1.
5. create a new python virtual environment and enter it:

   python3 -m venv venv
   source ./venv/bin/activate

6. install all dependencies:

   python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

7. run playlist-analyzer:

   python3 main.py