/spotify-web-downloader

A Python CLI app for downloading songs and music videos directly from Spotify.

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Spotify Web Downloader

A Python CLI app for downloading songs and music videos directly from Spotify.

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Features

  • Download songs in AAC 128kbps or in AAC 256kbps with a premium account
  • Download synced lyrics
  • Download music videos with a premium account
  • Highly configurable

Prerequisites

Installation

  1. Install the package spotify-web-downloader using pip 
    pip install spotify-web-downloader
  2. Place your cookies file and the .wvd file in the directory from which you will be running spotify-web-downloader and name it cookies.txt and device.wvd respectively.

Usage

spotify-web-downloader [OPTIONS] URLS...

Examples

  • Download a song 
    spotify-web-downloader "https://open.spotify.com/track/18gqCQzqYb0zvurQPlRkpo"
  • Download an album 
    spotify-web-downloader "https://open.spotify.com/album/0r8D5N674HbTXlR3zNxeU1"

Configuration

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
--wait-interval, -w / wait_interval Wait interval between downloads in seconds. 10
--download-music-video / download_music_video Attempt to download music videos from songs (can lead to incorrect results). false
--force-premium, -f / force_premium Force to detect the account as premium. 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
--save-playlist / save_playlist Save a M3U8 playlist file when downloading a playlist. 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. ./device.wvd
--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
--template-folder-album / template_folder_album Template folder for tracks that are part of an album. {album_artist}/{album}
--template-folder-compilation / template_folder_compilation Template folder for tracks that are part of a compilation album. Compilations/{album}
--template-file-single-disc / template_file_single_disc Template file for the tracks that are part of a single-disc album. {track:02d} {title}
--template-file-multi-disc / template_file_multi_disc Template file for the tracks that are part of a multi-disc album. {disc}-{track:02d} {title}
--template-folder-no-album / template_folder_no_album Template folder for the tracks that are not part of an album. {artist}/Unknown Album
--template-file-no-album / template_file_no_album Template file for the tracks that are not part of an album. {title}
--template-file-playlist / template_file_playlist Template file for the M3U8 playlist. Playlists/{playlist_artist}/{playlist_title}
--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. null
--download-mode-song / download_mode_song Download mode for songs. ytdlp
--premium-quality, -p / premium_quality Download songs in premium quality. false
--download-mode-video / download_mode_video Download mode for videos. ytdlp
--no-config-file, -n / - Do not use a config file. false

Tag variables

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
  • playlist_artist
  • playlist_title
  • playlist_track
  • producer
  • rating
  • release_date
  • release_year
  • title
  • track
  • track_total
  • url

Remux modes

The following remux modes are available:

Music videos quality

Music videos will be downloaded in the highest quality available in H.264/AAC, up to 1080p.

Download modes

The following modes are available for songs:

The following modes are available for videos: