spotify_playcount.py

import requests, json
from datetime import datetime

# Get access token
r_token = requests.get("https://open.spotify.com/get_access_token?reason=transport&productType=web_player").json()
token = r_token["accessToken"]
token_expiration = datetime.fromtimestamp(r_token["accessTokenExpirationTimestampMs"] / 1000)

# Get album playcount
def get_playcount(album_id):
    headers = {
        "Authorization": "Bearer " + token
    }
    params = {
        "operationName": "queryAlbumTracks",
        "variables": json.dumps({
            "uri": "spotify:album:" + album_id,
            "offset": 0,
            "limit": 300
        }),
        "extensions": json.dumps({
            "persistedQuery": {
                "version": 1,
                "sha256Hash": "3ea563e1d68f486d8df30f69de9dcedae74c77e684b889ba7408c589d30f7f2e"
            }
        })
    }
    r_playcount = requests.get("https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v1/query", headers=headers, params=params).json()
    for track in r_playcount["data"]["album"]["tracks"]["items"]:
        print("%s - %s" % (track["track"]["name"], track["track"]["playcount"]))

get_playcount("04Duapg2mNlVykd895xcfZ")

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