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Spotify Plugin
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The ``spotify`` plugin generates `Spotify`_ playlists from tracks in your library. Using the `Spotify Web API`_, any tracks that can be matched with a Spotify ID are returned, and the results can be either pasted in to a playlist or opened directly in the Spotify app.
.. _Spotify: https://www.spotify.com/
.. _Spotify Web API: https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/search-item/
Why Use This Plugin?
--------------------
* You're a Beets user and Spotify user already.
* You have playlists or albums you'd like to make available in Spotify from Beets without having to search for each artist/album/track.
* You want to check which tracks in your library are available on Spotify.
Basic Usage
-----------
First, enable the ``spotify`` plugin (see :ref:`using-plugins`).
Then, use the ``spotify`` command with a beets query::
beet spotify [OPTIONS...] QUERY
Here's an example::
$ beet spotify "In The Lonely Hour"
Processing 14 tracks...
http://open.spotify.com/track/19w0OHr8SiZzRhjpnjctJ4
http://open.spotify.com/track/3PRLM4FzhplXfySa4B7bxS
[...]
Command-line options include:
* ``-m MODE`` or ``--mode=MODE`` where ``MODE`` is either "list" or "open"
controls whether to print out the playlist (for copying and pasting) or
open it in the Spotify app. (See below.)
* ``--show-failures`` or ``-f``: List the tracks that did not match a Spotify
ID.
Configuration
-------------
The default options should work as-is, but there are some options you can put
in config.yaml under the ``spotify:`` section:
- **mode**: One of the following:
- ``list``: Print out the playlist as a list of links. This list can then
be pasted in to a new or existing Spotify playlist.
- ``open``: This mode actually sends a link to your default browser with
instructions to open Spotify with the playlist you created. Until this
has been tested on all platforms, it will remain optional.
Default: ``list``.
- **region_filter**: A two-character country abbreviation, to limit results
to that market.
Default: None.
- **show_failures**: List each lookup that does not return a Spotify ID (and
therefore cannot be added to a playlist).
Default: ``no``.
- **tiebreak**: How to choose the track if there is more than one identical
result. For example, there might be multiple releases of the same album.
The options are ``popularity`` and ``first`` (to just choose the first match
returned).
Default: ``popularity``.
- **regex**: An array of regex transformations to perform on the
track/album/artist fields before sending them to Spotify. Can be useful for
changing certain abbreviations, like ft. -> feat. See the examples below.
Default: None.
Here's an example::
spotify:
mode: open
region_filter: US
show_faiulres: on
tiebreak: first
regex: [
{
field: "albumartist", # Field in the item object to regex.
search: "Something", # String to look for.
replace: "Replaced" # Replacement value.
},
{
field: "title",
search: "Something Else",
replace: "AlsoReplaced"
}
]