ssebs/spotify-real-shuffle

We all know how bad Spotify's shuffle is, so this tool will shuffle up your custom order for your playlists.

PythonGPL-3.0

Spotify-real-shuffle

We all know how bad Spotify's shuffle is, so this tool will shuffle up your custom order for your playlists.

Prereqs

Setup your Spotify Developer account (you'll need a regular Spotify account)
- Go to https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/
- Click Log in, and log in with your regular Spotify account
- Click CREATE AN APP
  - Enter something for the name and description, it can be whatever you want
  - Click Create
- Copy the Client ID, you'll need this later
- Click SHOW CLIENT SECRET
- Copy the Client Secret, you'll need this later
- Click Edit Settings in green
  - Under Redirect URIs, paste: http://127.0.0.1:8080/callback
  - Save

Prereqs - running from source

Clone this repo or download the zip
- Clone:
  - $ git clone https://github.com/ssebs/spotify-real-shuffle
- Zip:
  - Go to https://github.com/ssebs/spotify-real-shuffle
  - Click the green Code button > Download ZIP

Installation

Binary download (EZ install):
- Download the latest spotify-shuffle.exe from binary release
- Allow your browser to download the file, then run spotify-shuffle.exe
- Follow the instructions on the web page
- Once done, close the terminal that popped up
Install from source:
- Install python if not already installed
- Linux/Mac
  - $ python -m venv venv
  - $ source ./venv/bin/activate
  - (venv) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
- Windows
  - PS> python.exe -m venv venv
  - PS> .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
    
    If you get an execution policy warning, open PowerShell as an administrator and run Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
  - (venv) PS> pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Binary:
- Double click the exe
- A web browser should open up to http://127.0.0.1:8080
- Enter the client_id and cliend_secret that you copied earlier into the text fields
  - They should look like a bunch of numbers and letters (e.g. 29658b9474ac93114a41b84640307830403dasd)
- Click Submit
  
  If you get a white page that says INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid client, then the client_id or cliend_secret you entered was wrong.
- Login to Spotify
- Allow the app
- Your playlists should be listed below
  - Check the playlist that you'd like to shuffle
  - Click Submit
  - Wait
  If you get an error message, it may be that you've selected a playlist that you don't own. Uncheck that playlist.
From Source:
- After setting up the environment as detailed above
- (venv) $ python spotify-shuffle.py
- A web browser should open up to http://127.0.0.1:8080
- Enter the client_id and cliend_secret that you copied earlier into the text fields
  - They should look like a bunch of numbers and letters (e.g. 29658b9474ac93114a41b84640307830403dasd)
- Click Submit
  
  If you get a white page that says INVALID_CLIENT: Invalid client, then the client_id or cliend_secret you entered was wrong.
- Login to Spotify
- Allow the app
- Your playlists should be listed below
  - Check the playlist that you'd like to shuffle
  - Click Submit
  - Wait
  If you get an error message, it may be that you've selected a playlist that you don't own. Uncheck that playlist.

Distributing

To build the .exe:

pyinstaller -c -F --add-data "templates;templates" --add-data "static;static" spotify-shuffle.py
- Built file is under ./dist/

Goals

LICENSE