Mixary is a CLI tool for generating Spotify playlists based on a given seed song.

Python 2.6+. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to install any external requirements.

Write a file called config using example_config as a guide:

• market: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, such as "GB" or "US", to ensure only songs available in your locale are returned.

• spotify_id: Go to https://developer.spotify.com/my-applications/#!/applications and create an app, or using an existing app, get the Client ID

• spotify_secret: Go to https://developer.spotify.com/my-applications/#!/applications and create an app, or using an existing app, get the Client Secret

Run python mixary.py and enter an artist/song title when prompted. Mixary will search for matching songs, and let you choose which of the results to use as the seed.

Mixary will then generate a playlist based on this seed ID. Playlists are generative, meaning that as songs are added, they influence the direction of the playlist rather than the seed song alone. Unlike some other playlist generators, more obscure/left-field songs are also surfaced to promote discovery.

A URL to the generated playlist is given (on macOS this copied to the clipboard). Pasting this in a browser will launch the playlist in Spotify.

This is based on previous work with Spotipath and Mixary. This was hastily rewritten following the closure of the Echo Nest API. The playlist generation is less sophisticated because the Spotify API just isn't as good as Echo Nest for this, but at least it does something. This is also super barebones/ugly just to experiment with the playlist logic. I'll probably stick this behind a prettier website soon to make it more accessible...