SpotiFLAC 0.3.6

Get Spotify tracks in true FLAC from Tidal, Qobuz & Amazon Music — no account required.

SpotiFLAC Python Module

Integrate SpotiFLAC directly into your Python projects. Perfect for building custom Telegram bots, automation tools, bulk downloaders, jellyfin downloader musics or web interfaces.

Looking for a standalone app?

SpotiFLAC (Desktop)

Download music in true lossless FLAC from Tidal, Qobuz & Amazon Music for Windows, macOS & Linux

SpotiFLAC (Mobile)

SpotiFLAC for Android & iOS — maintained by @zarzet

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Installation

pip install SpotiFLAC

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Quick Start

Import the module and start downloading immediately:

from SpotiFLAC import SpotiFLAC

# Simple Download
SpotiFLAC(
    url="https://open.spotify.com/track/4cOdK2wGLETKBW3PvgPWqT",
    output_dir="./downloads"
)

CLI usage:

spotiflac url ./out --service tidal --use-artist-subfolders

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Advanced Configuration

You can customize the download behavior, prioritize specific streaming services, and organize your files automatically into folders.

from SpotiFLAC import SpotiFLAC

SpotiFLAC(
    url="https://open.spotify.com/album/41MnTivkwTO3UUJ8DrqEJJ",
    output_dir="./MusicLibrary",
    services=["qobuz", "amazon", "tidal", "youtube"],
    filename_format="{year} - {album}/{track}. {title}",
    use_artist_subfolders=True,
    use_album_subfolders=True,
    loop=60 # Retry duration in minutes
)

Qobuz Token (Optional)

Setting a personal Qobuz token improves metadata resolution reliability. The token is used as a last resort fallback — requests are first attempted anonymously, and only if they fail (HTTP 400/401) the token is injected. A free Qobuz account is sufficient.

Important: Use throwaway credentials (random email + password you won't forget). You'll need them again if the token expires and needs to be regenerated.

How to Create a Free Account

Go to qobuz.com and register. No payment method required for the free tier.

How to Extract Your Token

1. Log in to play.qobuz.com
2. Open DevTools with F12 → go to the Network tab
3. Play any track or perform any search to trigger API calls
4. Filter requests by typing api.json in the search bar
5. Click on any request to www.qobuz.com/api.json/...
6. In the Request Headers panel, look for: x-user-auth-token: your_token_here
7. Copy the value — that is your token

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Spotify Token (sp_dc) for Synced Lyrics (Optional)

Spotify requires a session cookie called sp_dc to access its internal synced lyrics API.

How to Extract Your Token

1. Open your web browser and go to open.spotify.com
2. Log in to your Spotify account.
3. Open DevTools (F12 or Ctrl+Shift+I / Cmd+Option+I).
4. Navigate to the Application tab (or "Storage" in Firefox).
5. On the left sidebar, expand Cookies and select https://open.spotify.com.
6. Search for the row named sp_dc.
7. Double-click its Value, copy it, and keep it safe. (Do not share this token!)

Musixmatch Token (usertoken) for Rich-Synced Lyrics (Optional)

Musixmatch offers highly accurate word-level synchronized lyrics. To use it, you need a user token from their desktop app.

How to Extract Your Token

1. Download and install the official Musixmatch Desktop App (Windows/Mac).
2. Log in to your account.
3. Open DevTools inside the app (usually Ctrl+Shift+I on Windows or Cmd+Option+I on Mac).
4. Go to Network tab.
5. Play a song or view lyrics in the app to generate network traffic.
6. Look at the requests being made and inspect their Headers or Payload.
7. Find the usertoken parameter and copy its alphanumeric value.

How to Apply Tokens in SpotiFLAC

Once you have your Spotify or Musixmatch tokens, you can pass them to SpotiFLAC in several ways:

Environment Variable (all platforms)

The recommended approach across all systems:

export QOBUZ_AUTH_TOKEN="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"
export SPOTIFY_TOKEN="YOUR_SP_DC_COOKIE"
export MUSIXMATCH_TOKEN="YOUR_USERTOKEN"

On Windows (Command Prompt):

set QOBUZ_AUTH_TOKEN="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"
set SPOTIFY_TOKEN="YOUR_SP_DC_COOKIE"
set MUSIXMATCH_TOKEN="YOUR_USERTOKEN"

On Windows (PowerShell):

$env:QOBUZ_AUTH_TOKEN="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"
$env:SPOTIFY_TOKEN="YOUR_SP_DC_COOKIE"
$env:MUSIXMATCH_TOKEN="YOUR_USERTOKEN"

To make it permanent on Linux/macOS, add the export line to your ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, or equivalent shell config file.

.env file (Environment Variables)

If you prefer using a local configuration file for environment variables (highly recommended for development or Docker), you can create a file named .env in the root folder of your project:

QOBUZ_AUTH_TOKEN=YOUR_QOBUZ_TOKEN
SPOTIFY_TOKEN=YOUR_SP_DC_COOKIE
MUSIXMATCH_TOKEN=YOUR_USERTOKEN

You can load this file before running the script from the terminal:

export $(cat .env | xargs) && python launcher.py "URL" ./downloads --embed-lyrics

Or, if you use Docker Compose, you can easily integrate it:

services:
  spotiflac:
    env_file:
      - .env

Add .env to your .gitignore to avoid accidentally committing your token.

CLI (Terminal)

python launcher.py "URL" ./downloads \
    --embed-lyrics \
    --qobuz-token "YOUR_QOBUZ_TOKEN" \
    --spotify-token "YOUR_SP_DC_COOKIE" \
    --musixmatch-token "YOUR_MUSIXMATCH_USERTOKEN"

Python

from SpotiFLAC import SpotiFLAC

SpotiFLAC(
    url="URL",
    output_dir="./downloads",
    embed_lyrics=True,
    qobuz_token="YOUR_QOBUZ_TOKEN",
    lyrics_spotify_token="YOUR_SP_DC_COOKIE",
    lyrics_musixmatch_token="YOUR_MUSIXMATCH_USERTOKEN",
)

config.json

{
    "qobuz_token": "YOUR_QOBUZ_TOKEN",
    "spotify_token": "YOUR_SP_DC_COOKIE",
    "musixmatch_token": "YOUR_MUSIXMATCH_USERTOKEN",
    "embed_lyrics": true
}

CLI program usage

Program can be downloaded for Windows, Linux (x86 and ARM) and MacOS. The downloads are available under the releases.
Program can also be ran by downloading the python files and calling python launcher.py with the arguments.

Windows example usage:

./SpotiFLAC-Windows.exe url
                        output_dir
                        [--service tidal qobuz deezer amazon youtube]
                        [--filename-format "{title} - {artist}"]
                        [--quality LOSSLESS]
                        [--use-track-numbers]
                        [--use-artist-subfolders]
                        [--use-album-subfolders]
                        [--first-artist-only]
                        [--qobuz-token TOKEN]
                        [--loop minutes]
                        [--verbose]
                        [--embed-lyrics]
                        [--lyrics-providers spotify musixmatch amazon lrclib]
                        [--spotify-token SP_DC]
                        [--musixmatch-token TOKEN]
                        [--enrich]
                        [--enrich-providers deezer apple qobuz tidal]

Linux / Mac example usage:

chmod +x SpotiFLAC-Linux-arm64
./SpotiFLAC-Linux-arm64 url
                        output_dir
                        [--service tidal qobuz deezer amazon youtube]
                        [--filename-format "{title} - {artist}"]
                        [--quality LOSSLESS]
                        [--use-track-numbers]
                        [--use-artist-subfolders]
                        [--use-album-subfolders]
                        [--first-artist-only]
                        [--qobuz-token TOKEN]
                        [--loop minutes]
                        [--verbose]
                        [--embed-lyrics]
                        [--lyrics-providers spotify musixmatch amazon lrclib]
                        [--spotify-token SP_DC]
                        [--musixmatch-token TOKEN]
                        [--enrich]
                        [--enrich-providers deezer apple qobuz tidal]

(For ARM devices like Raspberry Pi, replace x86_64 with arm64)

API Reference

SpotiFLAC() Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	str	Required	The Spotify URL (Track, Album, or Playlist) you want to download.
output_dir	str	Required	The destination directory path where the audio files will be saved.
services	list	["tidal"]	Specifies which services to use and their priority order.
filename_format	str	"{title} - {artist}"	Format for naming downloaded files. See placeholders below.
use_track_numbers	bool	False	Prefixes the filename with the track number.
use_artist_subfolders	bool	False	Automatically organizes downloaded files into subfolders by artist.
use_album_subfolders	bool	False	Automatically organizes downloaded files into subfolders by album.
first_artist_only	bool	False	Uses only the first artist in tags and filename (e.g. "Artist A" instead of "Artist A, Artist B").
loop	int	None	Duration in minutes to keep retrying failed downloads.
quality	str	"LOSSLESS"	Download quality. Tidal: "LOSSLESS" or "HI_RES". Qobuz: "6" (CD), "7" (Hi-Res), "27" (Hi-Res Max).
log_level	int	logging.WARNING	Python logging level (e.g. logging.DEBUG for verbose output).
embed_lyrics	bool	False	Whether to fetch and embed synchronized lyrics (LRC) into the audio file.
lyrics_providers	list	["spotify", "musixmatch", "amazon", "lrclib"]	Priority order of lyrics providers to attempt.
lyrics_spotify_token	str	""	Spotify sp_dc cookie required for Spotify lyrics.
lyrics_musixmatch_token	str	""	Musixmatch usertoken required for Musixmatch lyrics.
enrich_metadata	bool	False	Enables multi-provider metadata enrichment (High-res covers, BPM, Labels, etc.).
enrich_providers	list	["deezer", "apple", "qobuz", "tidal"]	Priority order of metadata providers to attempt.
qobuz_token	str	None	Optional Qobuz user auth token used as fallback for metadata resolution. Fallback: env QOBUZ_AUTH_TOKEN.

Filename Format Placeholders

When customizing the filename_format string, you can use the following dynamic tags:

• {title} - Track title
• {artist} - Track artist(s)
• {album} - Album name
• {album_artist} - The artist(s) of the entire album
• {disc} - The disc number
• {track} - The track's original number in the album
• {position} - Download queue / Playlist position (zero-padded, e.g. 01)
• {date} - Full release date (e.g., YYYY-MM-DD)
• {year} - Release year (e.g., YYYY)
• {isrc} - Track ISRC code

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MusicBrainz Enrichment

SpotiFLAC automatically queries MusicBrainz in the background (when an ISRC is available) while the audio is being downloaded, adding professional-grade tags at no extra time cost. Fields written when found:

Tag	Description
GENRE	Genre(s), sorted by popularity (up to 5)
BPM	Beats per minute
LABEL / ORGANIZATION	Record label name
CATALOGNUMBER	Catalog number
BARCODE	Release barcode / UPC
ORIGINALDATE / ORIGINALYEAR	First-ever release date
RELEASECOUNTRY	Country of release
RELEASESTATUS	Release status (e.g. Official)
RELEASETYPE	Release type (e.g. Album, Single)
MEDIA	Media format (e.g. CD, Digital Media)
SCRIPT	Script of the release text
ARTISTSORT	Artist sort name for file managers
MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID	MusicBrainz recording ID
MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID	MusicBrainz release ID
MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID	MusicBrainz artist ID
MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASEGROUPID	MusicBrainz release group ID

This is enabled automatically for Tidal and Qobuz providers. No configuration required.

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Download Validation

After each download, SpotiFLAC validates the file to detect common issues:

• Preview detection — if the expected duration is ≥ 60 s but the downloaded file is ≤ 35 s, the file is deleted and the download is retried with the next provider.
• Duration mismatch — for tracks longer than 90 s, a deviation greater than 25% (or 15 s minimum) from the expected duration is treated as a corrupt download and the file is removed.

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CLI Flag Reference

Flag	Short	Default	Description
--service	-s	tidal	One or more providers in priority order. Choices: tidal, qobuz, deezer, amazon, youtube.
--filename-format	-f	{title} - {artist}	Filename template with placeholders.
--quality	-q	LOSSLESS	Audio quality (see Quality table above).
--use-track-numbers		False	Prefix filenames with track numbers.
--use-artist-subfolders		False	Organise files into per-artist subfolders.
--use-album-subfolders		False	Organise files into per-album subfolders.
--first-artist-only		False	Use only the first artist in tags and filename.
--qobuz-token		None	Qobuz user auth token (x-user-auth-token).
--loop	-l	None	Repeat every N minutes.
--verbose	-v	False	Enable debug logging.
--embed-lyrics		False	Fetch and embed synced lyrics into the file.
--lyrics-providers		spotify musixmatch amazon lrclib	Lyrics provider priority order.
--spotify-token		""	Spotify sp_dc cookie for synced lyrics.
--musixmatch-token		""	Musixmatch desktop usertoken.
--enrich		False	Enable multi-provider metadata enrichment.
--enrich-providers		deezer apple qobuz tidal	Metadata enrichment provider priority order.

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API Credits

Song.link · hifi-api · dabmusic.xyz· afkarxyz · MusicBrainz

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