#2 - added settings option to specify a path for the login .cache file

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ exports/
 config/settings.json
 config/settings-import.json
 config/settings-creator.json
+
+.cache
+.cache_creator

SpotifyAutoPlaylistCreator.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from typing import Dict, List
 
 import spotipy
 from TheCodeLabs_BaseUtils.DefaultLogger import DefaultLogger
+from spotipy import CacheFileHandler
 from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyOAuth
 
 LOG_FORMAT = '[%(levelname)-7s] - %(asctime)s - %(message)s'
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ class SpotifyAutoPlaylistCreator:
                  destinationPlaylistInfo: Dict[str, str],
                  numberOfTracks: int,
                  redirectUrl: str,
-                 openBrowser: bool):
+                 openBrowser: bool,
+                 cacheFilePath: str):
         self._clientID = clientID
         self._clientSecret = clientSecret
         self._playlistInfo = playlistInfo
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ class SpotifyAutoPlaylistCreator:
         self._numberOfTracks = numberOfTracks
         self._redirectUrl = redirectUrl
         self._openBrowser = openBrowser
+        self._cacheFilePath = cacheFilePath
 
         self._spotify = self.login()
 
@@ -32,7 +35,8 @@ class SpotifyAutoPlaylistCreator:
                                                   client_secret=self._clientSecret,
                                                   redirect_uri=self._redirectUrl,
                                                   scope='playlist-modify-private,playlist-modify-public',
-                                                  open_browser=self._openBrowser)
+                                                  open_browser=self._openBrowser,
+                                                  cache_handler=CacheFileHandler(cache_path=self._cacheFilePath))
         return spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credentials_manager)
 
     def run(self):
@@ -111,7 +115,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                                SETTINGS['destinationPlaylist'],
                                                SETTINGS['numberOfTracks'],
                                                SETTINGS['redirectUrl'],
-                                               SETTINGS['openBrowser'])
+                                               SETTINGS['openBrowser'],
+                                               SETTINGS['cacheFilePath'])
 
     spotifyBackup.run()
 

SpotifyBackup.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from typing import Dict, List
 
 import spotipy
 from TheCodeLabs_BaseUtils.DefaultLogger import DefaultLogger
+from spotipy import CacheFileHandler
 from spotipy.oauth2 import SpotifyClientCredentials
 
 from BackupHandler import BackupHandler
@@ -13,14 +14,18 @@ LOGGER = DefaultLogger().create_logger_if_not_exists('SpotifyBackup', logFormat=
 
 
 class SpotifyBackup(BackupHandler):
-    def __init__(self, clientID: str, clientSecret: str, exportFolder: str, playlists: List[Dict[str, str]]):
+    def __init__(self, clientID: str, clientSecret: str, exportFolder: str,
+                 playlists: List[Dict[str, str]], cacheFilePath: str):
         self._clientSecret = clientSecret
+        self._cacheFilePath = cacheFilePath
         super().__init__(exportFolder, clientID)
         self._playlists = playlists
 
     def login(self) -> spotipy.Spotify:
         client_credentials_manager = SpotifyClientCredentials(client_id=self._clientID,
-                                                              client_secret=self._clientSecret)
+                                                              client_secret=self._clientSecret,
+                                                              cache_handler=CacheFileHandler(
+                                                                  cache_path=self._cacheFilePath))
         return spotipy.Spotify(client_credentials_manager=client_credentials_manager)
 
     def backup(self):
@@ -82,7 +87,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     spotifyBackup = SpotifyBackup(SETTINGS['spotifyAPI']['clientID'],
                                   SETTINGS['spotifyAPI']['clientSecret'],
                                   SETTINGS['exportFolder'],
-                                  SETTINGS['playlists'])
+                                  SETTINGS['playlists'],
+                                  SETTINGS['cacheFilePath'])
 
     spotifyBackup.clean_old_exports(SETTINGS['daysToKeep'])
     spotifyBackup.backup()

config/settings-creator-example.json

@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
     },
     "numberOfTracks": 10,
     "redirectUrl": "http://localhost:8080",
-    "openBrowser": false
+    "openBrowser": false,
+    "cacheFilePath": ".cache"
 }
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config/settings-example.json

@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
             "user": "",
             "id": ""
         }
-    ]
+    ],
+    "cacheFilePath": ".cache"
 }
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pyproject.toml

 [tool.poetry]
 name = "SpotifyBackup"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 description = "Simple script for backing up public playlists from Spotify."
 authors = ["deadlocker8"]
 

version.json

 {
     "version": {
-        "name": "v1.8.0",
-        "code": 10,
-        "date": "26.03.22"
+        "name": "v1.8.1",
+        "code": 11,
+        "date": "14.04.22"
     }
 }
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