[FEATURE]: Importare dati da altri servizi musicali

[salvotodor]

🚀 Feature Description

Vorrei poter importare le playlist e gli artisti da altre app di streaming musicale, come Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music, ecc...

💭 Problem/Motivation

È utile per le persone (come nel mio caso) che decidono di usare RiPlay cone app principale per la musica

💡 Proposed Solution

Come vuoi 😅, a me interessa che funziona, è una cosa molto molto utile 🤓

🔄 Alternatives Considered

Prima trovavo i brani e creavo le playlist manualmente, lo stesso per gli artisti, ma vorrei una cosa automatica. Ps: ho playlist da 200+ brani

📋 Additional Context

È semplice dai, c'è la puoi fare!! 😂😘❤

[coldglitchbender]

Hello @salvotodor I think this might have been already asked in issue #34.
Apart from reading the linked issue I would recommend to read this YTM help page, which provides some insights on how to import playlists from other services.

[salvotodor]

Hello @coldglitchbender , Does this service for importing playlists from other services work with RiPlay? I'd like to bring my library (playlist, ecc) and songs from other platforms to RiPlay.

[coldglitchbender]

Yes and no. The answer actually depends on what you mean by "working with RiPlay". The methods I have listed in this issue and in #34 work with your YouTube Music (YTM) account. You can add the playlist to your YTM account and then access your account via RiPlay (under settings -> Account -> Enable YouTube Music Login). Once you have done it, your playlist will be automatically imported into the app (along with favorites songs, artists etc...).
As I have already stated in #34, importing playlists directly into the app could not be feasible, because it would most likely violate the Terms of Service (ToS) of the platform you want to export the songs from (e.g. this problem could be solved via web-scraping from the website of the service you want to export the playlist from, although web-scraping itself is more often than not blocked, unless you have permission. For instance here's the robot.txt of Spotify you will see that web-scraping is not allowed on any page of the site, and it's explicitly disallowed), therefore it could be easier and better to use a third party solution.

That being said, if you have a specific service in mind, things could be different for that specific service. In #34 I have mainly covered Spotify, as at least to my knowledge, is the most popular music streaming service and come to the conclusion that at least for now, it's not easily feasible to implement that feature without going against the ToS of Spotify itself.

[fast4x]

#34 (comment)

[salvotodor]

So services like soundiiz.com don't comply with the ToS of various platforms?

[coldglitchbender]

Difficult to say.
My honest opinion is that they do comply with the ToS.
In theory it's actually quite simple to follow the ToS of those platforms. You just use their API.
Problem is (I will use Spotify as an example) that they use a limit on how many people can use your app, or they just limit the API usage (API call), unless you pay for an "extensive" plan.
If you are interested in the Spotify's API quota, I would reccomend you to give a look at this link.

Moreover I would like to say that (most likely) services like soundiiz don't actually transfer the playlist. It is easier to fetch the songs of the playlist with one API, save the song (either in memory with a DS, e.g. array, or on a temp file) and then fetch the songs with the new service API while creating a new playlist.

Of course everything I said in this comment is just a personal opinion based on my experience. Since I do not have access to the actual backend of the mentioned service, speculation is all I can actually do.

Anyhow I hope I have answered your question @salvotodor.