updated spotify_backup_playlists.sh

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Hari Sekhon 4 years ago
parent b71e4866a2
commit 4b83f91620

@ -24,18 +24,19 @@ usage_args="<spotify_user> [<curl_options>]"
# shellcheck disable=SC2034
usage_description="
Backs up all public Spotify playlists for a given user to text files in both Spotify and human readable formats
Backs up all public or privte Spotify playlists for a given user to text files in both Spotify and human readable formats
Spotify track URI format can be copied and pasted back in to Spotify to restore a playlist to a previous state
(for example if you accidentally deleted a track and didn't do an immediate Ctrl-Z / Cmd-Z)
Requires \$SPOTIFY_USER be set in the environment or else given as the second arg
Requires \$SPOTIFY_USER be set in the environment or else given as the second arg for public playlists
Requires \$SPOTIFY_ID and \$SPOTIFY_SECRET to be defined in the environment
Caveat: due to limitations of the Spotify API, this by default only works for public playlists. For private playlists you must get an interactively authorized access token like so:
Caveat: due to limitations of the Spotify API, by default works on public playlists.
For private playlists you must export SPOTIFY_PRIVATE=1 and preferably pre-generate the token in your shell to prevent repeated web authorization pop-ups:
export SPOTIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN=\"\$(\"$srcdir/spotify_api_token_interactive.sh\")\"
export SPOTIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN=\"\$(\"$srcdir/spotify_api_token.sh\")\"
"
# shellcheck disable=SC1090
@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ spotify_user="${1:-${SPOTIFY_USER:-}}"
shift || :
if [ -z "$spotify_user" ]; then
if [ -z "$spotify_user" ] && [ -z "${SPOTIFY_PRIVATE:-}" ]; then
usage "\$SPOTIFY_USER not defined and no first argument given"
fi

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