Spotify Discover

Ever get frustrated with your Discover Weekly playlist? This app creates a custom playlist with better recommendations based on your existing playlists and taste.

What it does

This Node.js app connects to your Spotify account and:

• Looks at your first 2 playlists
• Takes the first 5 tracks from each playlist
• Gets 3 new song recommendations for each track using Spotify's API
• Creates a new private playlist called "Recomandari" with all the recommended songs

Basically, it gives you a fresh playlist of songs you'll probably like, since it's based on music you already listen to.

Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js installed
• A Spotify account
• Spotify Developer account (to get API credentials)

Getting Spotify API credentials

1. Go to Spotify Developer Dashboard
2. Create a new app
3. Copy your Client ID and Client Secret
4. Add http://localhost:8888/callback to your app's redirect URIs

Installation

1. Clone this repo
2. Run npm install to install dependencies
3. Open app.js and replace:
   • CLIENT_ID with your Spotify Client ID
   • CLIENT_SECRET with your Spotify Client Secret
4. Run node app.js
5. Open http://localhost:8888 in your browser
6. Click "Log in with Spotify" and authorize the app

How it works

The app uses Spotify's OAuth flow to get access to your account, then:

1. Fetches your playlists
2. Gets tracks from your first 2 playlists
3. Uses each track as a "seed" to get 3 similar song recommendations
4. Creates a new playlist and adds all the recommended songs

Dependencies

• express - web server
• request - HTTP requests
• cors - cross-origin requests
• cookie-parser - cookie handling
• querystring - URL parameter parsing

Notes

• The app creates a private playlist so only you can see it
• It only looks at your first 2 playlists to keep things simple
• Each track gets 3 recommendations, so you'll end up with 30 new songs total
• The playlist description is in Romanian (because that's where I'm from)

License

GPL-3.0