spotify-import

1. Get your Rdio data

Alex Hanson created a solid tool for exporting Rdio data. Find it here. One of the outputs of this tool is an albums.ndjson file. Store this in a memorable location on your computer – this program will require it.

2. Create a Spotify app for development

• Go to the Spotify Developer Wesite and click "Create an App" in the button in the top right.
• Choose any title / description. I put "SpotifyImport" as my title.

3. Get an access token

Probably the easiest way to do this is the following:

• Add http://localhost:8888 as a uri_redirect on your app management page.
• Go to this URL: https://accounts.spotify.com/en/authorize?client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&redirect_uri=http:%2F%2Flocalhost:8888%2Fcallback&scope=user-library-modify&response_type=token&state=123
• You'll be redirected to the localhost page, but your access token (access_token) will be in the URL. Copy that.

4. Download the project and initialize

• $ git clone https://github.com/knappg/spotify-import.git
• $ cd spotify-import
• $ npm install

5. Run and follow the prompts

• $ ./import

Issues

• Many albums are not found. I'm preferring to search by UPC if we have it. As far as I can tell, there's a few inherent differences in collection that Spotify offers vs. other services like Rdio. A better future change would be to attempt a fallback to searching by album name, if we don't find by UPC.