Votify

A Python CLI app for downloading songs/podcasts/videos from Spotify.

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/aBjMEZ9tnq

Features

• Download songs and podcasts in Vorbis or AAC
• Download podcast videos
• Download music videos with a premium account
• Support for artist links to download all of their albums
• Download synced lyrics
• Highly configurable

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• The cookies file of your Spotify browser session in Netscape format (free or premium)
  • To export your cookies, use one of the following browser extensions while signed in to Spotify:
    • Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/export-cookies-txt
    • Chromium based browsers: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gdocmgbfkjnnpapoeobnolbbkoibbcif

Optional dependencies

The following tools are optional but required for specific features. Add them to your system’s PATH or specify their paths using command-line arguments or the config file.

• FFmpeg
  • Used when setting ffmpeg as remux mode.
  • Used when setting mp4 or webm as video format.
• MP4Box
  • Used when setting mp4box as remux mode.
• Shaka Packager
  • Used when setting webm as video format and when downloading music videos.
• mp4decrypt
  • Used when setting mp4box or mp4decrypt as remux mode.
• aria2c
  • Used when setting aria2c as download mode.
• .wvd file
  • Used when setting aac as audio quality or when downloading music videos.
  • A .wvd file contains the Widevine keys from a device and is required to decrypt music videos and songs in AAC. The easiest method of obtaining one is using KeyDive, which extracts it from an Android device. Detailed instructions can be found here: https://github.com/hyugogirubato/KeyDive.
  • Note: .wvd files extracted from emulated devices may not work.

Installation

1. Install the package votify using pip

   pip install votify

2. Set up the cookies file.
   • You can either move to the current directory from which you will be running Votify as cookies.txt or specify its path using the command-line arguments/config file.

Usage

votify [OPTIONS] URLS...

Examples

• Download a song

  votify "https://open.spotify.com/track/18gqCQzqYb0zvurQPlRkpo"

• Download an album

  votify "https://open.spotify.com/album/0r8D5N674HbTXlR3zNxeU1"

• Download a podcast episode

  votify "https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kwxWnzGH8T6UY2Nq582zx"

• Download a podcast series

  votify "https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk"

• Download a music video

  votify "https://open.spotify.com/track/31k4hgHmrbzorLZMvMWuzq" --enable-videos

• List and select a related music video to download from a song

  votify "https://open.spotify.com/track/0a0n6u6j3t6m0p4k0t0k0u0" --enable-videos --download-music-videos

• Download a podcast video

  votify "https://open.spotify.com/episode/3kwxWnzGH8T6UY2Nq582zx" --enable-videos --download-podcast-videos

• Choose which albums to download from an artist

  votify "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gxyHStUsqpMadRV0Di1Qt"

Interactive prompt controls

• Arrow keys - Move selection
• Space - Toggle selection
• Ctrl + A - Select all
• Enter - Confirm selection

Configuration

Votify can be configured using the command-line arguments or the config file.

The config file is created automatically when you run Votify for the first time at ~/.votify/config.json on Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.votify\config.json on Windows.

Config file values can be overridden using command-line arguments.

Command-line argument / Config file key	Description	Default value
--wait-interval, -w / wait_interval	Wait interval between downloads in seconds.	5
--enable-videos / enable_videos	Enable video downloads when available.	false
--download-music-videos / download_music_videos	List and select a related music video to download from songs.	false
--download-podcast-videos / download_podcast_videos	Attempt to download the video version of podcasts.	false
--force-premium, -f / force_premium	Force to detect the account as premium.	false
--read-urls-as-txt, -r / -	Interpret URLs as paths to text files containing URLs.	false
--config-path / -	Path to config file.	<home>/.spotify-web-downloader/config.json
--log-level / log_level	Log level.	INFO
--no-exceptions / no_exceptions	Don't print exceptions.	false
--cookies-path / cookies_path	Path to cookies file.	cookies.txt
--output-path, -o / output_path	Path to output directory.	Spotify
--temp-path / temp_path	Path to temporary directory.	temp
--wvd-path / wvd_path	Path to .wvd file.	device.wvd
--aria2c-path / aria2c_path	Path to aria2c binary.	aria2c
--ffmpeg-path / ffmpeg_path	Path to ffmpeg binary.	ffmpeg
--mp4box-path / mp4box_path	Path to MP4Box binary.	mp4box
--mp4decrypt-path / mp4decrypt_path	Path to mp4decrypt binary.	mp4decrypt
--packager-path / packager_path	Path to Shaka Packager binary.	packager
--template-folder-album / template_folder_album	Template folder for tracks that are part of an album.	{album_artist}/{album}
--template-folder-compilation / template_folder_compilation	Template folder for tracks that are part of a compilation album.	Compilations/{album}
--template-file-single-disc / template_file_single_disc	Template file for the tracks that are part of a single-disc album.	{track:02d} {title}
--template-file-multi-disc / template_file_multi_disc	Template file for the tracks that are part of a multi-disc album.	{disc}-{track:02d} {title}
--template-folder-episode / template_folder_episode	Template folder for episodes (podcasts).	Podcasts/{album}
--template-file-episode / template_file_episode	Template file for music videos.	{track:02d} {title}
--template-folder-music-video / template_folder_music_video	Template folder for music videos	{artist}/Unknown Album
--template-file-music-video / template_file_music_video	Template file for the tracks that are not part of an album.	{title}
--template-file-playlist / template_file_playlist	Template file for the M3U8 playlist.	Playlists/{playlist_artist}/{playlist_title}
--date-tag-template / date_tag_template	Date tag template.	%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ
--save-cover / save_cover	Save cover as a separate file.	false
--save-playlist / save_playlist	Save a M3U8 playlist file when downloading a playlist.	false
--overwrite / overwrite	Overwrite existing files.	false
--exclude-tags / exclude_tags	Comma-separated tags to exclude.	null
--truncate / truncate	Maximum length of the file/folder names.	null
--audio-quality, -a / audio_quality	Audio quality for songs and podcasts.	vorbis-medium
--download-mode, -d / download_mode	Download mode for songs and podcasts.	ytdlp
--remux-mode-audio / remux_mode_audio	Remux mode for songs and podcasts.	ffmpeg
--lrc-only, -l / lrc_only	Download only the synced lyrics.	false
--no-lrc / no_lrc	Don't download the synced lyrics.	false
--video-format / video_format	Video format.	mp4
--remux-mode-video / remux_mode_video	Remux mode for videos.	ffmpeg
--no-config-file, -n / -	Do not use a config file.	false

Tag variables

The following variables can be used in the template folder/file and/or in the exclude_tags list:

• album
• album_artist
• artist
• compilation
• composer
• copyright
• cover
• disc
• disc_total
• isrc
• label
• lyrics
• media_type
• playlist_artist
• playlist_title
• playlist_track
• publisher
• producer
• rating
• release_date
• release_year
• title
• track
• track_total
• url

Audio qualities

The following qualities are available:

• vorbis-high (320kbps, requires an active premium subscription)
• vorbis-medium (160kbps)
• vorbis-low (96kbps)
• aac-medium (128kbps)
• aac-high (256kbps, requires an active premium subscription)

Video formats

The following video formats are available:

• mp4
• webm
• ask
  • When using this option, Votify will ask you which audio and video codec to use that is available for the video.

Download modes

The following modes are available:

• ytdlp
• aria2c
  • Will not be used for downloading videos
  • Faster than ytdlp

Video remux modes

The following remux modes for videos are available:

• ffmpeg
• mp4box

Audio remux modes

The following remux modes for songs and podcasts are available when downloading in AAC quality:

• ffmpeg
• mp4box
• mp4decrypt

Credits

• spotify-oggmp4-dl
• spsync
• unplayplay