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config

Module related to managing reading and writing to the config file.

Default config - spotdl.utils.config.DEFAULT_CONFIG

ConfigError ¤

Bases: Exception

Base class for all exceptions related to config.

GlobalConfig ¤

Class to store global configuration

get_parameter(key) classmethod ¤

Get a parameter from the download config

Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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@classmethod
def get_parameter(cls, key):
    """
    Get a parameter from the download config
    """

    return cls.parameters.get(key, None)

set_parameter(key, value) classmethod ¤

Set a parameter for the download config

Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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@classmethod
def set_parameter(cls, key, value):
    """
    Set a parameter for the download config
    """

    cls.parameters[key] = value

create_settings(arguments) ¤

Create settings dicts for Spotify, Downloader and Web based on the arguments and config file (if enabled)

Arguments¤
  • arguments: Namespace from argparse
Returns¤
  • spotify_options: SpotifyOptions
  • downloader_options: DownloaderOptions
  • web_options: WebOptions
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def create_settings(
    arguments: Namespace,
) -> Tuple[SpotifyOptions, DownloaderOptions, WebOptions]:
    """
    Create settings dicts for Spotify, Downloader and Web
    based on the arguments and config file (if enabled)

    ### Arguments
    - arguments: Namespace from argparse

    ### Returns
    - spotify_options: SpotifyOptions
    - downloader_options: DownloaderOptions
    - web_options: WebOptions
    """

    # Get the config file
    # It will automatically load if the `load_config` is set to True
    # in the config file
    config = {}
    if arguments.config or (
        get_config_file().exists() and get_config().get("load_config")
    ):
        config = get_config()

    # Type: ignore because of the issues below
    # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/8890
    # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/5382
    spotify_options = SpotifyOptions(
        **create_settings_type(arguments, config, SPOTIFY_OPTIONS)  # type: ignore
    )
    downloader_options = DownloaderOptions(
        **create_settings_type(arguments, config, DOWNLOADER_OPTIONS)  # type: ignore
    )
    web_options = WebOptions(**create_settings_type(arguments, config, WEB_OPTIONS))  # type: ignore

    return spotify_options, downloader_options, web_options

create_settings_type(arguments, config, default) ¤

Create settings dict Argument value has always the priority, then the config file value, and if neither are set, use default value

Arguments¤
  • arguments: Namespace from argparse
  • default: dict
Returns¤
  • settings: dict
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def create_settings_type(
    arguments: Namespace,
    config: Dict[str, Any],
    default: Union[SpotifyOptions, DownloaderOptions, WebOptions],
) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """
    Create settings dict
    Argument value has always the priority, then the config file
    value, and if neither are set, use default value

    ### Arguments
    - arguments: Namespace from argparse
    - default: dict

    ### Returns
    - settings: dict
    """

    settings = {}
    for key, default_value in default.items():
        argument_val = arguments.__dict__.get(key)
        config_val = config.get(key)

        if argument_val is not None:
            settings[key] = argument_val
        elif config_val is not None:
            settings[key] = config_val
        else:
            settings[key] = default_value

    return settings

get_cache_path() ¤

Get the path to the cache folder.

Returns¤
  • The path to the spotipy cache file.
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def get_cache_path() -> Path:
    """
    Get the path to the cache folder.

    ### Returns
    - The path to the spotipy cache file.
    """

    return get_spotdl_path() / ".spotipy"

get_config() ¤

Get the config.

Returns¤
  • The dictionary with the config.
Errors¤
  • ConfigError: If the config file does not exist.
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def get_config() -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """
    Get the config.

    ### Returns
    - The dictionary with the config.

    ### Errors
    - ConfigError: If the config file does not exist.
    """

    config_path = get_config_file()

    if not config_path.exists():
        raise ConfigError(
            "Config file not found."
            "Please run `spotdl --generate-config` to create a config file."
        )

    with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as config_file:
        return json.load(config_file)

get_config_file() ¤

Get config file path

Returns¤
  • The path to the config file.
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def get_config_file() -> Path:
    """
    Get config file path

    ### Returns
    - The path to the config file.
    """

    return get_spotdl_path() / "config.json"

get_errors_path() ¤

Get the path to the errors folder.

Returns¤
  • The path to the errors folder.
Notes¤
  • If the errors directory does not exist, it will be created.
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def get_errors_path() -> Path:
    """
    Get the path to the errors folder.

    ### Returns
    - The path to the errors folder.

    ### Notes
    - If the errors directory does not exist, it will be created.
    """

    errors_path = get_spotdl_path() / "errors"

    if not errors_path.exists():
        os.mkdir(errors_path)

    return errors_path

get_spotdl_path() ¤

Get the path to the spotdl folder.

Returns¤
  • The path to the spotdl folder.
Notes¤
  • If the spotdl directory does not exist, it will be created.
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def get_spotdl_path() -> Path:
    """
    Get the path to the spotdl folder.

    ### Returns
    - The path to the spotdl folder.

    ### Notes
    - If the spotdl directory does not exist, it will be created.
    """

    # Check if os is linux
    if platform.system() == "Linux":
        # if platform is linux, and XDG DATA HOME spotdl folder exists, use it
        user_data_dir = Path(platformdirs.user_data_dir("spotdl", "spotDL"))
        if user_data_dir.exists():
            return user_data_dir

    spotdl_path = Path(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".spotdl")
    if not spotdl_path.exists():
        os.mkdir(spotdl_path)

    return spotdl_path

get_spotify_cache_path() ¤

Get the path to the spotify cache folder.

Returns¤
  • The path to the spotipy cache file.
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def get_spotify_cache_path() -> Path:
    """
    Get the path to the spotify cache folder.

    ### Returns
    - The path to the spotipy cache file.
    """

    return get_spotdl_path() / ".spotify_cache"

get_temp_path() ¤

Get the path to the temp folder.

Returns¤
  • The path to the temp folder.
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def get_temp_path() -> Path:
    """
    Get the path to the temp folder.

    ### Returns
    - The path to the temp folder.
    """

    temp_path = get_spotdl_path() / "temp"
    if not temp_path.exists():
        os.mkdir(temp_path)

    return temp_path

get_web_ui_path() ¤

Get the path to the web-ui folder.

Returns¤
  • The path to the web-ui folder.
Notes¤
  • If the web-ui directory does not exist, it will be created.
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def get_web_ui_path() -> Path:
    """
    Get the path to the web-ui folder.

    ### Returns
    - The path to the web-ui folder.

    ### Notes
    - If the web-ui directory does not exist, it will be created.
    """

    web_ui_path = get_spotdl_path() / "web-ui"

    if not web_ui_path.exists():
        os.mkdir(web_ui_path)

    return web_ui_path

modernize_settings(options) ¤

Handle deprecated values in config file.

Arguments¤
  • options: DownloaderOptions to modernize
Source code in spotdl/utils/config.py
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def modernize_settings(options: DownloaderOptions):
    """Handle deprecated values in config file.

    ### Arguments
    - options: DownloaderOptions to modernize
    """

    warning_msg = "Deprecated '%s' value found for '%s' setting in config file. Using '%s' instead."

    # Respect backward compatibility with old boolean --restrict flag
    if options["restrict"] is True:
        logger.warning(warning_msg, True, "restrict", "strict")
        options["restrict"] = "strict"