I'm using the Spotify API to add tracks to a series of playlists in chronological order based on date first added (to an external set of playlists) such that:
An example would be:
From the API I am getting 244 tracks that need to be sorted into playlists.
Playlist #4 already has 70 tracks and thus needs to be filled with 30 tracks.
Playlist #5 does not exist so it needs to be created and filled with 100 tracks.
Playlist #6 is filled with 100 tracks.
Playlist #7 is filled with the remaining 14 tracks.
Is there a way to automate this flow?
I have managed to get some code to generate the playlist names in a sequence:
lst = ['Playlist #1', Playlist #2', 'Playlist #3', 'Playlist #4']
lst1 = max(lst, key=lambda x: int(x.split('#', 1)[1]))
highest_number = int(lst1.split("#")[1]) + int(1)
new_number = "Playlist #" + str(highest_number)
new_number --> Playlist #5
lst.append(new_number)
lst
Not sure how to think about this problem, so any help would be much appreciated.
I managed to find a solution to the first part of the problem of getting new list names in sequence - It's not pretty but it works:
lst = ['Playlist #5', 'Playlist #2', 'Playlist #3', 'Playlist #4']
lst1 = max(lst, key=lambda x: int(x.split('#', 1)[1]))
highest_number = int(lst1.split("#")[1]) + int(1)
new_number = "Playlist #" + str(highest_number)
new_number
lst.append(new_number)
lst
Will post the second part of the solution once I get there!