SpotTransfer

SpotTransfer is a free, open-source tool for moving Spotify playlists to YouTube Music.

This repo holds the self-hosted desktop client (apps/desktop, plain Python) and the web frontend (apps/web).

Quick start

You need Git and Python 3.8+ installed (on Debian/Ubuntu you may also need sudo apt install python3-tk).

1. (a) Copy and Paste this into your terminal and run:

   git clone https://github.com/Pushan2005/SpotTransfer.git
   cd SpotTransfer/apps/desktop
   python main.py

2. (b) If you don't have Git, download the ZIP and run the commands below in the extracted folder instead:

   ```bash
   cd apps/desktop
   python main.py
   ```
   

3. Open music.youtube.com and sign in to your Google account.

4. Open your browser's developer tools and go to the Network tab.

5. Filter the requests for /browse and find a successful POST request with a 200 status.

   • In Firefox, right-click the request and choose Copy > Copy Request Headers.
   • In Chrome or Edge, open the request, go to Headers, and copy everything from accept: */* to the end of Request Headers.

6. Paste the copied request headers into the app's headers box.

7. Paste your Spotify playlist link and click on Clone Playlist

Authentication issues

The YouTube Music request headers expire periodically, which is most noticeable on large playlists. When that happens the script pauses the transfer, saves its progress to apps/desktop/transfer_progress.json, and tells you what to do:

1. Get a fresh set of request headers from YouTube Music.
2. Paste the fresh headers into the headers box.
3. Click "Clone Playlist" again. The app resumes from where it left off.

Starting a transfer for a different playlist automatically discards any saved progress of the previous one.

Reporting errors

If the desktop app fails, send apps/desktop/logs/spottransfer.log. If numbered backup logs are present, send the entire apps/desktop/logs folder.

Acknowledgements

Aran404 for SpotAPI

Legal Notice

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