solution.py

# ----------- importing list ---------------------
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests

date = input("Which year do you want to travel to? Type the date in this format YYYY-MM-DD: ")

response = requests.get("https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/" + date)

soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
song_names_spans = soup.select("li ul li h3")
song_names = [song.getText().strip() for song in song_names_spans]
print(song_names)




# ------------------------------------- spotify_parts---------

Client_ID = YOUR Client_ID
Client_Secret = YOUR Client_Secret

import spotipy
from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth

sp = spotipy.Spotify(
    auth_manager=SpotifyOAuth(
        scope="playlist-modify-private",
        redirect_uri="http://example.com",
        client_id=Client_ID,
        client_secret=Client_Secret,

    )
)
user_id = sp.current_user()["id"]
print(user_id)

# --------- Searching spotify for songs--------------------
# date = input("Which year do you want to travel to? Type the date in this format YYYY-MM-DD: ")
# song_names = ["The list of song", "titles from your", "web scrape"]

song_uris = []
year = date.split("-")[0]
for song in song_names:
    result = sp.search(q=f"track:{song} year:{year}", type="track")
    print(result)
    try:
        uri = result["tracks"]["items"][0]["uri"]
        song_uris.append(uri)
    except IndexError:
        print(f"{song} doesn't exist in Spotify. Skipped.")


# Creating a new private playlist in Spotify
playlist = sp.user_playlist_create(user=user_id, name=f"{date} Time_Capsule", public=False)
print(playlist)

# Adding songs found into the new playlist
sp.playlist_add_items(playlist_id=playlist["id"], items=song_uris)