In this article, we will get started getting your Spotify data into Python. This will be the first article in a series of articles on Spotify in Python.
In this article, I will:
- Show you how to get your Spotify data into Python.
- Load your Saved Songs playlist into a data frame.
- Get the audio features off all your saved songs.
- Add a genre (group) to each song.
- Give a small conclusion and talk about the next steps.
Credentials
To start with, your user Spotify API credentials are needed.
In order to do this, you’ll need to follow these steps:
- Go to the Spotify Developer Dashboard (https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard/applications) and log in with your Spotify account.
- Click on the “Create an App” button to create a new Spotify application.
- Fill in the required information for your application, such as the name, description, and website. You can set the “Redirect URIs” field to the URL you want to use as a redirect URL.
- After creating the application, you will be provided with the “Client ID” and “Client Secret” values.
- Make sure to also set…
