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Re:Backing Up Spotify by crazygringo on Saturday December 20, 2025 @09:06PM (#46341602)
This is where ChatGPT shines. Just ask it to write you a script, it'll give you all the instructions.

I've used ChatGPT to write a whole bunch of playlist logic scripts (e.g. create a playlist that takes tracks from playlists A, B and C, but exclude tracks in playlist D.)

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Re:Backing Up Spotify by emsixteen on Sunday December 21, 2025 @07:59AM (#46344524)
I worry about potential bans from scraping files through this sort of thing.
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Re:Backing Up Spotify by crazygringo on Sunday December 21, 2025 @09:32AM (#46345093)
No files are involved. It's about backing up the metadata -- your playlists, liked songs.

So you can recreate the playlists on another Spotify account or another music service.

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Re:Backing Up Spotify by venturecruelty on Monday December 22, 2025 @03:51AM (#46352359)
You can also do this with your human brain, which doesn't require 1 MWh or a thousand gallons of water to write a script to pipe API results to jq.
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Re:Backing Up Spotify by RickyLahey on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @05:50PM (#46380140)
right but i'd rather watch rupaul drag race for the 100th time than write boring code
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