A simple command line tool to back up your Spotify playlists.
usage: backup.py [-h] [--client_id CLIENT_ID] [--client_secret CLIENT_SECRET] [--filename FILENAME] playlist
Dumps your spotify playlist into a CSV file.
You may get related credentials here:
https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/applications
positional arguments:
playlist Spotify link or ID of the playlist.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--client_id CLIENT_ID
Specify client id from Spotify. If not specified, looks
for 'SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID' environment variable.
--client_secret CLIENT_SECRET
Specify client secret from Spotify. If not specified,
looks for 'SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET' environment variable.
--filename FILENAME Specify a filename for the backup. Defaults to playlist
name with UTC timestamp.
backup.py is PEP 723 compliant, so you
can use uv to run it without needing to
manage a virtual environment:
uv run backup.py
If you need something more portable, you can use Rust to get a binary. To do that, navigate
to the spotify-backup directory and run cargo build --release
Dumps your spotify playlist into a CSV file. You may get related credentials here: https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/applications
Usage: spotify-backup [OPTIONS] <PLAYLIST>
Arguments:
<PLAYLIST> Spotify URL or ID of the playlist
Options:
--client-id <CLIENT_ID> Specify client id from Spotify. If not specified, looks for 'SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID' environment variable
--client-secret <CLIENT_SECRET> Specify client secret from Spotify. If not specified, looks for 'SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET' environment variable
--filename <FILENAME> Specify a filename for the backup. Defaults to playlist id with a UTC timestamp Use '-' for stdout
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version