A Python script to download songs/albums/playlists directly from Spotify in 256kbps/128kbps AAC.
- Download songs in 128kbps AAC or 256kbps AAC with a premium account
- Download synced lyrics
- Highly customizable
- Install Python 3.7 or higher
- Add FFmpeg to PATH
- Older versions of FFmpeg may not work
- Place your cookies in the same folder that you will run spotify-web-downloader as
cookies.txt- You can export your cookies by using this Google Chrome extension on Spotify website: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/open-cookiestxt/gdocmgbfkjnnpapoeobnolbbkoibbcif. Make sure to be logged in.
- Install spotify-web-downloader using pip
pip install spotify-web-downloader
- Download a song
spotify-web-downloader "https://open.spotify.com/track/18gqCQzqYb0zvurQPlRkpo" - Download an album
spotify-web-downloader "https://open.spotify.com/album/0r8D5N674HbTXlR3zNxeU1"
spotify-web-downloader can be configured using the command line arguments or the config file. The config file is created automatically when you run spotify-web-downloader for the first time at ~/.spotify-web-downloader/config.json on Linux and %USERPROFILE%\.spotify-web-downloader\config.json on Windows. Config file values can be overridden using command line arguments.
| Command line argument / Config file key | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
-f, --final-path / final_path |
Path where the downloaded files will be saved. | ./Spotify |
-t, --temp-path / temp_path |
Path where the temporary files will be saved. | ./temp |
-c, --cookies-location / cookies_location |
Location of the cookies file. | ./cookies.txt |
-w, --wvd-location / wvd_location |
Location of the .wvd file. | null |
--config-location / - |
Location of the config file. | <home_folder>/.spotify-web-downloader/config.json |
--ffmpeg-location / ffmpeg_location |
Location of the FFmpeg binary. | ffmpeg |
--aria2c-location / aria2c_location |
Location of the aria2c binary. | aria2c |
--template-folder-album / template_folder_album |
Template of the album folders as a format string. | {album_artist}/{album} |
--template-folder-compilation / template_folder_compilation |
Template of the compilation album folders as a format string. | Compilations/{album} |
--template-file-single-disc / template_file_single_disc |
Template of the song files for single-disc albums as a format string. | {track:02d} {title} |
--template-file-multi-disc / template_file_multi_disc |
Template of the song files for multi-disc albums as a format string. | {disc}-{track:02d} {title} |
--download-mode / download_mode |
Download mode. | ytdlp |
-e, --exclude-tags / exclude_tags |
List of tags to exclude from file tagging separated by commas. | null |
--truncate / truncate |
Maximum length of the file/folder names. | 40 |
-l, --log-level / log_level |
Log level. | INFO |
-p, --premium-quality / premium_quality |
Download in 256kbps AAC instead of 128kbps AAC. | false |
-l, --lrc-only / lrc_only |
Download only the synced lyrics. | false |
-n, --no-lrc / no_lrc |
Don't download the synced lyrics. | false |
-s, --save-cover / save_cover |
Save cover as a separate file. | false |
-o, --overwrite / overwrite |
Overwrite existing files. | false |
--print-exceptions / print_exceptions |
Print exceptions. | false |
-u, --url-txt / - |
Read URLs as location of text files containing URLs. | false |
-n, --no-config-file / - |
Don't use the config file. | false |
The following variables can be used in the template folder/file and/or in the exclude_tags list:
albumalbum_artistartistcommentcompilationcopyrightcoverdiscdisc_totalisrclabellyricsmedia_typeratingrelease_datetitletracktrack_total
The following download modes are available:
ytdlparia2c- Faster than
ytdlp - Can be obtained from here: https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases
- Faster than