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Installation
Refer to our Installation Guide for more details.
Python (Recommended Method)
- spotDL can be installed by running
pip install spotdl. -
To update spotDL run
pip install --upgrade spotdlOn some systems you might have to change
piptopip3.
Other options
- Prebuilt executable - You can download the latest version from the [Releases Tab](https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/releases) - On Termux - `curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/master/scripts/termux.sh | sh` - Arch - There is an [Arch User Repository (AUR) package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-spotdl/) for spotDL. - Docker - Build image: ```bash docker build -t spotdl . ``` - Launch container with spotDL parameters (see section below). You need to create mapped volume to access song files ```bash docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/music spotdl download [trackUrl] ``` - Build from source ```bash git clone https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader && cd spotify-downloader pip install poetry poetry install poetry run python3 scripts/build.py ``` An executable is created in `spotify-downloader/dist/`.Installing FFmpeg
FFmpeg is required for spotDL. If using FFmpeg only for spotDL, you can simply install FFmpeg to your spotDL installation directory:
spotdl --download-ffmpeg
We recommend the above option, but if you want to install FFmpeg system-wide, follow these instructions
- Windows Tutorial
- OSX -
brew install ffmpeg - Linux -
sudo apt install ffmpegor use your distro's package manager
Usage
Using SpotDL without options::
spotdl [urls]You can run spotDL as a package if running it as a script doesn't work:
python -m spotdl [urls]General usage:
spotdl [operation] [options] QUERYThere are different operations spotDL can perform. The default is download, which simply downloads the songs from YouTube and embeds metadata.
The query for spotDL is usually a list of Spotify URLs, but for some operations like sync, only a single link or file is required.
For a list of all options use spotdl -h
Supported operations
- `save`: Saves only the metadata from Spotify without downloading anything. - Usage: `spotdl save [query] --save-file {filename}.spotdl` - `web`: Starts a web interface instead of using the command line. However, it has limited features and only supports downloading single songs. - `url`: Get direct download link for each song from the query. - Usage: `spotdl url [query]` - `sync`: Updates directories. Compares the directory with the current state of the playlist. Newly added songs will be downloaded and removed songs will be deleted. No other songs will be downloaded and no other files will be deleted. - Usage: `spotdl sync [query] --save-file {filename}.spotdl` This create a new **sync** file, to update the directory in the future, use: `spotdl sync {filename}.spotdl` - `meta`: Updates metadata for the provided song files.Music Sourcing and Audio Quality
spotDL uses YouTube as a source for music downloads. This method is used to avoid any issues related to downloading music from Spotify.
Note Users are responsible for their actions and potential legal consequences. We do not support unauthorized downloading of copyrighted material and take no responsibility for user actions.
Audio Quality
spotDL downloads music from YouTube and is designed to always download the highest possible bitrate; which is 128 kbps for regular users and 256 kbps for YouTube Music premium users.
Check the Audio Formats page for more info.
Contributing
Interested in contributing? Check out our CONTRIBUTING.md to find resources around contributing along with a guide on how to set up a development environment.
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License
This project is Licensed under the MIT License.