A Python CLI app for downloading songs/music videos/albums/playlists directly from Spotify.
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- Download songs in AAC 128kbps or in AAC 256kbps with a premium account
- Download music videos with a premium account
- Download synced lyrics with a premium account
- Highly configurable
- Python 3.8 or higher
- The cookies file of your Spotify account (free or premium)
- You can get your cookies by using one of the following extensions on your browser of choice at the Spotify website with your account signed in:
- Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/export-cookies-txt
- Chromium based browsers: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gdocmgbfkjnnpapoeobnolbbkoibbcif
- You can get your cookies by using one of the following extensions on your browser of choice at the Spotify website with your account signed in:
- FFmpeg on your system PATH
- Older versions of FFmpeg may not work.
- Up to date binaries can be obtained from the links below:
- Install the package
spotify-web-downloader
using pippip install spotify-web-downloader
- Place your cookies file in the directory from which you will be running spotify-web-downloader and name it
cookies.txt
.
spotify-web-downloader [OPTIONS] URLS...
- Download a song
spotify-web-downloader "https://open.spotify.com/track/18gqCQzqYb0zvurQPlRkpo"
- Download an album
spotify-web-downloader "https://open.spotify.com/album/0r8D5N674HbTXlR3zNxeU1"
spotify-web-downloader can be configured using the command line arguments or the config file. The config file is created automatically when you run spotify-web-downloader for the first time at ~/.spotify-web-downloader/config.json
on Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.spotify-web-downloader\config.json
on Windows. Config file values can be overridden using command line arguments.
Command line argument / Config file key | Description | Default value |
---|---|---|
--download-music-video / download_music_video |
Attempt to download music videos from songs (can lead to incorrect results). | false |
--save-cover , -s / save_cover |
Save cover as a separate file. | false |
--overwrite / overwrite |
Overwrite existing files. | false |
--read-urls-as-txt , -r / - |
Interpret URLs as paths to text files containing URLs. | false |
--lrc-only , -l / lrc_only |
Download only the synced lyrics. | false |
--no-lrc / no_lrc |
Don't download the synced lyrics. | false |
--config-path / - |
Path to config file. | <home>/.spotify-web-downloader/config.json |
--log-level / log_level |
Log level. | INFO |
--print-exceptions / print_exceptions |
Print exceptions. | false |
--cookies-path , -c / cookies_path |
Path to .txt cookies file. | ./cookies.txt |
--output-path , -o / output_path |
Path to output directory. | ./Spotify |
--temp-path / temp_path |
Path to temporary directory. | ./temp |
--wvd-path / wvd_path |
Path to .wvd file. | null |
--ffmpeg-path / ffmpeg_path |
Path to FFmpeg binary. | ffmpeg |
--mp4box-path / mp4box_path |
Path to MP4Box binary. | MP4Box |
--mp4decrypt-path / mp4decrypt_path |
Path to mp4decrypt binary. | mp4decrypt |
--aria2c-path / aria2c_path |
Path to aria2c binary. | aria2c |
--nm3u8dlre-path / nm3u8dlre_path |
Path to N_m3u8DL-RE binary. | N_m3u8DL-RE |
--remux-mode / remux_mode |
Remux mode. | ffmpeg |
--date-tag-template / date_tag_template |
Date tag template. | %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ |
--exclude-tags / exclude_tags |
Comma-separated tags to exclude. | null |
--truncate / truncate |
Maximum length of the file/folder names. | 40 |
--template-folder-album / template_folder_album |
Template of the album folders as a format string. | {album_artist}/{album} |
--template-folder-compilation / template_folder_compilation |
Template of the compilation album folders as a format string. | Compilations/{album} |
--template-file-single-disc / template_file_single_disc |
Template of the song files for single-disc albums as a format string. | {track:02d} {title} |
--template-file-multi-disc / template_file_multi_disc |
Template of the song files for multi-disc albums as a format string. | {disc}-{track:02d} {title} |
--download-mode-song / download_mode_song |
Download mode for songs. | ytdlp |
--premium-quality , -p / premium_quality |
Download songs in premium quality. | false |
--template-folder-music-video / template_folder_music_video |
Template of the music video folders as a format string. | {artist}/Unknown Album |
--template-file-music-video / template_file_music_video |
Template of the music video files as a format string. | {title} |
--download-mode-video / download_mode_video |
Download mode for videos. | ytdlp |
--no-config-file , -n / - |
Do not use a config file. | false |
The following variables can be used in the template folder/file and/or in the exclude_tags
list:
album
album_artist
artist
compilation
composer
copyright
cover
disc
disc_total
isrc
label
lyrics
media_type
producer
rating
release_date
release_year
title
track
track_total
url
The following remux modes are available:
ffmpeg
mp4box
- Requires mp4decrypt
- Can be obtained from here: https://gpac.wp.imt.fr/downloads
Music videos will be downloaded in the highest quality available in H.264/AAC, up to 1080p.
The following modes are available for songs:
ytdlp
aria2c
- Faster than
ytdlp
- Can be obtained from here: https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases
- Faster than
The following modes are available for videos:
ytdlp
nm3u8dlre
- Faster than
ytdlp
- Can be obtained from here: https://github.com/nilaoda/N_m3u8DL-RE/releases
- Faster than