I am attempting to get all the track names and corresponding artist from a playlist using Spotipy. I am at the point where I am able to get a json dump of the fields, but I cannot figure out how to iterate through the dump and print out the fields I'm interested in.
Here is what I'm using to get all information about the playlist:
playlist = spotipy.playlist_items(playlist_id)
If I then print(json.dumps(playlist, indent=2)), then I get the following output:
{
"collaborative": false,
"description": "",
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50uWPcNFdJElMVZWo0IebB"
},
"followers": {
"href": null,
"total": 0
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/50uWPcNFdJElMVZWo0IebB?additional_types=track",
"id": "50uWPcNFdJElMVZWo0IebB",
"images": [
{
"height": 640,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273942a0c9ac8f1def7c8805044",
"width": 640
}
],
"name": "Spotipy Test",
"owner": {
"display_name": "username",
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/user/username"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/username",
"id": "username",
"type": "user",
"uri": "spotify:user:username"
},
"primary_color": null,
"public": false,
"snapshot_id": "Nyw0OTk4MDg1NDM3NzRlOWI2MGY2MDc2ZjMxNTE4OGFkZWQ5Y2QyZDdk",
"tracks": {
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/playlists/50uWPcNFdJElMVZWo0IebB/tracks?offset=0&limit=100&additional_types=track",
"items": [
{
"added_at": "2021-11-17T07:32:59Z",
"added_by": {
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/user/username"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/username",
"id": "username",
"type": "user",
"uri": "spotify:user:username"
},
"is_local": false,
"primary_color": null,
"track": {
"album": {
"album_type": "album",
"artists": [
{
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6fOMl44jA4Sp5b9PpYCkzz"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/6fOMl44jA4Sp5b9PpYCkzz",
"id": "6fOMl44jA4Sp5b9PpYCkzz",
"name": "NF",
"type": "artist",
"uri": "spotify:artist:6fOMl44jA4Sp5b9PpYCkzz"
}
],
"available_markets": [],
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/album/46xdC4Qcvscfs3Ai2RIHcv"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/46xdC4Qcvscfs3Ai2RIHcv",
"id": "46xdC4Qcvscfs3Ai2RIHcv",
"images": [
{
"height": 640,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b273942a0c9ac8f1def7c8805044",
"width": 640
},
{
"height": 300,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02942a0c9ac8f1def7c8805044",
"width": 300
},
{
"height": 64,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00004851942a0c9ac8f1def7c8805044",
"width": 64
}
],
"name": "The Search",
"release_date": "2019-07-26",
"release_date_precision": "day",
"total_tracks": 20,
"type": "album",
"uri": "spotify:album:46xdC4Qcvscfs3Ai2RIHcv"
},
"artists": [
{
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6fOMl44jA4Sp5b9PpYCkzz"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/6fOMl44jA4Sp5b9PpYCkzz",
"id": "6fOMl44jA4Sp5b9PpYCkzz",
"name": "NF",
"type": "artist",
"uri": "spotify:artist:6fOMl44jA4Sp5b9PpYCkzz"
}
],
"available_markets": [],
"disc_number": 1,
"duration_ms": 248053,
"episode": false,
"explicit": false,
"external_ids": {
"isrc": "USUM71907048"
},
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/track/3oLe5ZILASG8vU5dxIMfLY"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/3oLe5ZILASG8vU5dxIMfLY",
"id": "3oLe5ZILASG8vU5dxIMfLY",
"is_local": false,
"name": "The Search",
"popularity": 74,
"preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/c26b3dedc967f5009451a693ac275e50c6ecb53c?cid=1f51bd6bdbd94e34884f3ec17c0f68ed",
"track": true,
"track_number": 1,
"type": "track",
"uri": "spotify:track:3oLe5ZILASG8vU5dxIMfLY"
},
"video_thumbnail": {
"url": null
}
},
{
"added_at": "2021-11-17T07:33:24Z",
"added_by": {
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/user/username"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/users/username",
"id": "username",
"type": "user",
"uri": "spotify:user:username"
},
"is_local": false,
"primary_color": null,
"track": {
"album": {
"album_type": "album",
"artists": [
{
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3uL4UpqShC4p2x1dJutoRW"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/3uL4UpqShC4p2x1dJutoRW",
"id": "3uL4UpqShC4p2x1dJutoRW",
"name": "Ghostemane",
"type": "artist",
"uri": "spotify:artist:3uL4UpqShC4p2x1dJutoRW"
}
],
"available_markets": [],
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/album/4pzCKSWYNM2yUWrNvycC6e"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/albums/4pzCKSWYNM2yUWrNvycC6e",
"id": "4pzCKSWYNM2yUWrNvycC6e",
"images": [
{
"height": 640,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27347fa4895a04fbb517fd42070",
"width": 640
},
{
"height": 300,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e0247fa4895a04fbb517fd42070",
"width": 300
},
{
"height": 64,
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000485147fa4895a04fbb517fd42070",
"width": 64
}
],
"name": "Hexada",
"release_date": "2017-09-05",
"release_date_precision": "day",
"total_tracks": 10,
"type": "album",
"uri": "spotify:album:4pzCKSWYNM2yUWrNvycC6e"
},
"artists": [
{
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3uL4UpqShC4p2x1dJutoRW"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/3uL4UpqShC4p2x1dJutoRW",
"id": "3uL4UpqShC4p2x1dJutoRW",
"name": "Ghostemane",
"type": "artist",
"uri": "spotify:artist:3uL4UpqShC4p2x1dJutoRW"
}
],
"available_markets": [],
"disc_number": 1,
"duration_ms": 124538,
"episode": false,
"explicit": true,
"external_ids": {
"isrc": "TCADG1741539"
},
"external_urls": {
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/track/2Vc6NJ9PW9gD9q343XFRKx"
},
"href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/tracks/2Vc6NJ9PW9gD9q343XFRKx",
"id": "2Vc6NJ9PW9gD9q343XFRKx",
"is_local": false,
"name": "Mercury: Retrograde",
"popularity": 76,
"preview_url": "https://p.scdn.co/mp3-preview/7d4cb282d38d48d85e9faedb3ea5e74546281d07?cid=1f51bd6bdbd94e34884f3ec17c0f68ed",
"track": true,
"track_number": 4,
"type": "track",
"uri": "spotify:track:2Vc6NJ9PW9gD9q343XFRKx"
},
"video_thumbnail": {
"url": null
}
}
],
"limit": 100,
"next": null,
"offset": 0,
"previous": null,
"total": 2
},
"type": "playlist",
"uri": "spotify:playlist:50uWPcNFdJElMVZWo0IebB"
}
And this is only for two songs being in the playlist!
At this point my limited knowledge of python fails me, because I dont know how to proceed from here. All I am looking for is the track name and the corresponding artist.
So, how do I go through the massive nested list, and only print out the fields Im interested in?
You can use the fields variable to specify the information you want.
For example with
playlist = sp.playlist_items(paylist_id, fields='items.track.artists.name,items.track.name'),
you'll get only the artist name(s) and track name information back:
{"items": [{"track": {"artists": [{"name": "Avicii"}], "name": "Levels - Radio Edit"}}, {"track": {"artists": [{"name": "Avicii"}], "name": "Wake Me Up - Radio Edit"}}]}