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🔹 Automated Spotify Playlist Update Script
👤 Client: 🇺🇸 United States Member since 2023-06-18
💰 Price: $35
🚩 Problem: Maintain an updated and engaging Spotify playlist weekly.
📦 Existing: Not specified.

Specifications:

[Target] - Automate the process of updating a Spotify playlist with new tracks each week.
[Method] - Utilize web scraping to gather data from music blogs (Pitchfork, Steregum, Pigeons and Planes, BrooklynVegan, Aquarium Drunkard, Gorilla vs. Bear) and use the Spotify API to add these tracks to the playlist.
[UI/UX] - Not applicable as this is a backend task.
[Stack] - Python (for scraping), Spotify Web API, possibly Selenium or BeautifulSoup for web scraping.
[Security] - Ensure secure handling of OAuth tokens and other sensitive data. Implement rate limiting to avoid API abuse.
[Format] - JSON for storing scraped data temporarily before adding to the playlist.

Workflow:

1. Set up a Python environment with necessary libraries (e.g., requests, BeautifulSoup, or Selenium).
2. Write scripts to scrape top music blogs for new tracks using specified sources.
3. Authenticate and authorize access to Spotify API using OAuth tokens.
4. Filter scraped data to identify unique and relevant tracks not already in the playlist.
5. Add filtered tracks to the designated Spotify playlist via the API.
6. Schedule the script to run automatically every week.