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Export/Backup Spotify playlists using the Web API
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Export/Backup Spotify playlists using the Web API

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Export your Spotify playlists to [CSV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values) by clicking on this link: [https://exportify.app/](https://exportify.app/).



As many users have noted, there is no way to export/archive/backup playlists from the Spotify client for safekeeping. This application provides a simple interface for doing that using the [Spotify Web API](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/).



**No data will be saved - the entire application runs in the browser.**



## Features



- ⚙️ Optional inclusion of album, artist and audio features data in export files

- 🔍 Playlist search with [advanced search syntax](#advanced-search-syntax) and results export

- 🌓 Dark mode

- 🗺 Available in 10 languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Japanese and Arabic)

- 📱 Mobile friendly

- ℹ Quick reference help

- 🚀 [Advanced rate limiting handling](https://github.com/watsonbox/exportify/pull/75) for speedy exports

- 👩‍💻 Modern [React-based development stack](#stack) + test suite



## Usage



1. Fire up [the app](https://exportify.app/)

2. Click 'Get Started'

3. Grant Exportify read-only access to your playlists

4. Click the 'Export' button to export a playlist



Click 'Export All' to save a zip file containing a CSV file for each playlist in your account. This may take a while when many playlists exist and/or they are large.



### Re-importing Playlists



Once playlists are saved, it's also pretty straightforward to re-import them into Spotify. Open up the CSV file in Excel, for example, select and copy the `spotify:track:xxx` URIs, then simply create a playlist in Spotify and paste them in. This has only been tested with the desktop app.



### Export Format



Track data is exported in [UTF-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8) encoded [CSV](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values) format with the following fields from the [Spotify track object](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-several-tracks):



- Track URI

- Track Name

- Artist URI(s)

- Artist Name(s)

- Album URI

- Album Name

- Album Artist URI(s)

- Album Artist Name(s)

- Album Release Date

- Album Image URL (typically 640x640px jpeg)

- Disc Number

- Track Number

- Track Duration (ms)

- Track Preview URL (mp3)

- Explicit?

- Popularity

- ISRC ([International Standard Recording Code](https://isrc.ifpi.org/en/))

- Added By

- Added At



By clicking on the cog, additional data can be exported.






By selecting "Include artists data", the following fields will be added from the [Spotify artist object](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-multiple-artists):



- Artist Genres



And by selecting "Include audio features data", the following fields will be added from the [Spotify audio features object](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-several-audio-features):



- Danceability

- Energy

- Key

- Loudness

- Mode

- Speechiness

- Acousticness

- Instrumentalness

- Liveness

- Valence

- Tempo

- Time Signature



Additionally, by selecting "Include album data", the following fields will be added from the [Spotify album object (full)](https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/reference/get-an-album)



- Album Genres

- Label

- Copyrights



Note that the more data being exported, the longer the export will take.



### Playlist Search



If you're searching for a specific playlist to export, you can use the search facility to find it quickly by name:






- Searching is _case-insensitive_.

- Search results can be exported as a zip file by clicking "Export Results"



> [!WARNING]

> Please be aware that if you have a very large number of playlists, there may be a small delay before the first search results appear since the Spotify API itself doesn't allow for searching directly, so all playlists must be retrieved first.



#### Advanced Search Syntax



Certain search queries have special meaning:



| Search query | Meaning |

|----|----|

| `public:true` | Only show public playlists |

| `public:false` | Only show private playlists |

| `collaborative:true` | Only show collaborative playlists |

| `collaborative:false` | Don't show collaborative playlists |

| `owner:me` | Only show playlists I own |

| `owner:[owner]` | Only show playlists owned by `[owner]` |



## Development



This project was bootstrapped with [Create React App](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app).



In the project directory, first run `yarn install` to set up dependencies, then you can run:



**`yarn start`**



Runs the app in the development mode.\

Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) to view it in the browser.



The page will reload if you make edits.\

You will also see any lint errors in the console.



**`yarn test`**



Launches the test runner in the interactive watch mode.\

See the section about [running tests](https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/running-tests) for more information.



**`yarn build`**



Builds the app for production to the `build` folder.



### Stack



In addition to [Create React App](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app), the application is built using the following tools/libraries:



* [React](https://reactjs.org/) - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces

* [Bootstrap 5](https://getbootstrap.com/) - styling and UI components

* [Font Awesome 6](https://fontawesome.com/) - vector icon set and toolkit

* [react-i18next](https://react.i18next.com/) - internationalization framework

* [React Testing Library](https://testing-library.com/docs/react-testing-library/intro/) - light-weight solution for testing React DOM nodes

* [MSW](https://mswjs.io/) - network-level request mocking (more of my own thoughts [here](https://watsonbox.github.io/posts/2020/11/30/discovering-msw.html))



### History



- 2015: Exportify is [born](https://github.com/watsonbox/exportify/commit/b284822e12c3adea8fb83258fdb00ec4690701e1)

- 2020: [Major release](https://watsonbox.github.io/posts/2020/12/02/exportify-refresh.html) including search, artist and audio features, liked songs export, and a new rate limiting system

- 2024: [Major release](https://watsonbox.github.io/posts/2024/09/04/exportify-updates.html) including dark mode, internationalization, and search enhancements



## Notes



- According to Spotify's [documentation](https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/working-with-playlists/):



  > Folders are not returned through the Web API at the moment, nor can be created using it".



  Unfortunately that's just how it is.



- I've [gone to some lengths](https://github.com/watsonbox/exportify/pull/75) to try to eliminate errors resulting from excessively high usage of the Spotify API. Nonetheless, exporting data in bulk is a fairly request-intensive process, so please do try to use this tool responsibly. If you do require more throughput, please consider [creating your own Spotify application](https://github.com/watsonbox/exportify/issues/6#issuecomment-110793132) which you can use with Exportify directly.



- Disclaimer: It should be clear, but this project is not affiliated with Spotify in any way. It's just an app using their API like any other, with a cheeky name and logo 😇.



- In case you don't see the playlists you were expecting to see and realize you've accidentally deleted them, it's actually possible to [recover them](https://support.spotify.com/us/article/can-i-recover-a-deleted-playlist/).



## Error Monitoring



Error monitoring provided by Bugsnag.





  




## Running With Docker



To build and run Exportify with docker, run:



**`docker build . -t exportify`**



**`docker run -p 3000:3000 exportify`**



And then open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) to view it in the browser.



## Contributing



1. Fork it ( https://github.com/watsonbox/exportify/fork )

2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)

3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)

4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)

5. Create a new Pull Request