Music Time Machine is a desktop app that lets you create Spotify playlists from historical Billboard Hot 100 charts. Pick a date, and the app will scrape Billboard, search for the songs on Spotify, and create a playlist in your account.

• Create private Spotify playlists from any Billboard Hot 100 date.
• Automatic searching and matching of songs by title and year.
• Interactive Flet-based desktop UI.
• Spotify OAuth via copy-paste flow for desktop apps.
• Cached Spotify tokens — no repeated logins.
• Logs songs not found on Spotify.

git clone https://github.com/dbeniamin/Music-Time-Machine.git
cd Music-Time-Machine

python -m venv venv

Activate it:

• Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
• macOS/Linux: source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

requirements.txt:

beautifulsoup4==4.13.5
flet==0.28.3
requests==2.32.5
spotipy==2.25.1
soupsieve==2.8

pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

requirements-dev.txt:

-r requirements.txt
pyinstaller==6.15.0

This keeps your runtime environment clean while allowing EXE packaging.

1. Go to Spotify Developer Dashboard.
2. Log in and create a new app.
3. Set the Redirect URI to:

   https://example.com/callback
   

4. Copy your Client ID and Client Secret.
5. Open the app, click Configure Spotify API, and paste the credentials.
6. On first run, you'll complete login via copy-paste OAuth. Subsequent playlist creation uses the cached token.

1. Run the app:

   python main.py

2. Enter a date (YYYY-MM-DD).

3. Click 🎶 Create Playlist.

4. On first run:

   • Browser opens for Spotify login.
   • Click Agree, copy the full redirect URL, and paste it into the Flet dialog.
   • Playlist will be created automatically in your Spotify account.

Download the latest pre-built Windows executable from GitHub Releases:

MusicTimeMachine_v01.exe

1. Download the .exe file.
2. Double-click to run the app.
3. Complete the first-time Spotify login as described above (copy-paste OAuth).
4. Enter a date and click 🎶 Create Playlist.

⚠️ Cached token ensures you won't need to repeat login for future uses.

MusicTimeMachine/
│
├─ App_oop/
│  ├─ app.py               # Flet app entry point
│  ├─ logic/
│  │  ├─ spotify.py        # Spotify client & playlist creation
│  │  └─ billboard.py      # Billboard scraping
│  ├─ ui/
│  │  ├─ layout.py         # Flet UI layout builder
│  │  └─ component.py      # Custom components for easy styling & reuse
│  └─ config/
│     └─ settings.py       # Save/load Spotify credentials
│
├─ main.py                 # Launch script
├─ requirements.txt        # Runtime dependencies
├─ requirements-dev.txt    # Dev/build dependencies
├─ icon.ico                # App icon
└─ README.md

• Scraping Billboard: Changes to Billboard HTML may break scraping.
• Spotify tracks: Not every song may be available; missing songs are logged.
• EXE packaging: Create a standalone Windows EXE using:

  flet pack main.py --name MusicTimeMachine_v01 --icon icon.ico
  

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a branch (git checkout -b feature-name)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m "Add feature")
4. Push (git push origin feature-name)
5. Open a Pull Request

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.