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Python wrapper for Pandora API

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This code is licensed under the MIT license.

This is a reasonably complete implementation of the Pandora API that supports Python 2 and 3. It does not implement any of the undocumented features and does not implement most of the account management features as they are not terribly useful.

Keys or passwords for Pandora are not provided in this repo, you’ll have to go get those for yourself. Make something awesome with this library, don’t abuse Pandora, that’s not cool.

The easy entry-point for programmatic use is pandora.clientbuilder.PydoraConfigFileBuilder. All programmatic APIs are in the pandora package. The remainder of this README is targeted at users of the pydora command-line player.

Installing

Installing is as simple as using pip and running the built-in configuration command to create a ~/.pydora.cfg file. If you already have a PianoBar config file pydora will automatically use that.

$ pip install pydora
$ pydora-configure

On Ubuntu install vlc or vlc:

# apt-get install vlc

To install VLC on Mac OS X visit the VLC site to download VLC.app, then drag-and-drop the bundle into your /Applications folder. pydora will auto-detect this.

Audio Output Backend

The pydora player does not directly support audio output but instead relies upon external audio output backends. The two supported backends are VLC and mpg123. The main difference between the two backends is the supported file formats. VLC supports a vast array of codecs, including MP3 and AAC, the two formats that Pandora uses. mpg123 on the other hand supports only MP3. As of 2017 Pandora has started to prefer AAC files over MP3 which necessitates VLC. The pydora player will try to auto-detect whatever player exists on your system, prefering VLC, and will use that audio output backend. If you notice a lot of skipping in a playlist consider installing VLC.

Simple Player

Included is pydora, a simple Pandora stream player that runs at the command line. It requires that mpg123 or VLC be installed with HTTP support as well as a settings file (example below) located in ~/.pydora.cfg. Alternatively an environment variable PYDORA_CFG can point to the path of the config file.

The player only supports basic functionality for now. It will display a station list, allow listening to any station, basic feeback and bookmarking are also supported. The player starts an mpg123 or VLC process in remote control mode and feeds commands to it. It does not download any music but rather streams them directly from Pandora.

When playing the following keys work (press enter afterwards):

  • n - next song

  • p - pause or resume song

  • s - station list (stops song)

  • d - thumbs down track

  • u - thumbs up track

  • b - bookmark song

  • a - bookmark artist

  • S - sleep song

  • Q - quit program

  • vu - volume up

  • vd - volume down

  • ? - display help

Note that volume control is currently only supported with the VLC back-end.

Sample Config File

[api]
api_host = hostname
encryption_key = key
decryption_key = key
username = partner username
password = partner password
device = key
default_audio_quality = mediumQuality

[user]
username = your username
password = your password
default_audio_quality

Default audio quality to request from the API; can be one of lowQuality, mediumQuality (default), or highQuality. If the preferred audio quality is not available for the device specified, then the next-highest bitrate stream that Pandora supports for the chosen device will be used.

Pandora API Spec and Partner Keys

The built-in pydora-configure script can be run to create a configuration file if you don’t already have one. This will download the keys from the link below and pick a suitable one. If you’re interested in the underlying API or need to download the keys yourself you can find them at the link below.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to Pydora please visit the project’s GitHub page and open a pull request with your changes. To have the best experience contributing, please:

  • Don’t break backwards compatibility of public interfaces

  • Write tests for your new feature/bug fix

  • Ensure that existing tests pass

  • Update the readme/docstrings, if necessary

  • Follow the coding style of the current code-base

  • Ensure that your code is PEP8 compliant

  • Validate that your changes work with Python 2.7+ and 3.3+

All code is reviewed before acceptance and changes may be requested to better follow the conventions of the existing API.

The build system runs python setup.py validate on all supported Python versions. You can, and should, run this on your pull request before submitting.

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