pymusic-downloader 0.1.3

A Python library to download music from YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and more

pyMusic Downloader

A powerful Python library and CLI tool to download music from YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, Bandcamp, and more.

Features

• YouTube: Download single tracks or entire playlists
• SoundCloud: Download tracks and playlists
• Spotify: Resolve Spotify metadata and download via YouTube
• Bandcamp: Download tracks and albums
• Generic: Download from any yt-dlp supported source
• Formats: MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, OGG
• Metadata: Automatic ID3 tag embedding (title, artist, album, artwork)
• CLI: Full-featured command-line interface
• Python API: Clean, intuitive programmatic interface

Installation

pip install pymusic-downloader

Note: ffmpeg must be installed on your system for audio conversion.

• macOS: brew install ffmpeg
• Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install ffmpeg
• Windows: Download from ffmpeg.org

Install from source:

git clone https://github.com/ransjnr/pymusic
cd pymusic
pip install -e .

Quick Start

CLI Usage

# Download a YouTube video as MP3
pymusic download "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"

# Download a YouTube playlist
pymusic download "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxxxxx"

# Download from SoundCloud
pymusic download "https://soundcloud.com/artist/track"

# Download a Spotify track (resolves via YouTube)
pymusic download "https://open.spotify.com/track/xxxxxx" \
  --spotify-id YOUR_CLIENT_ID --spotify-secret YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET

# Specify output format and directory
pymusic download "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" \
  --format mp3 --quality 320 --output ~/Music

# Search and download
pymusic search "Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley" --download

# Browse results and pick interactively
pymusic search "Daft Punk" --pick

# Show metadata without downloading
pymusic info "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxxxxx"

Python API Usage

from pymusic import PyMusic

# Initialize
pm = PyMusic(output_dir="~/Music", format="mp3", quality=320)

# Download a single YouTube track
track = pm.download("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
print(f"Downloaded: {track.title} by {track.artist}")
print(f"Saved to:   {track.file_path}")

# Download a YouTube playlist
playlist = pm.download("https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxxxxx")
print(f"{playlist.title}: {len(playlist.downloaded_tracks)}/{playlist.total_tracks} tracks")

# Search YouTube and download
results = pm.search("Never Gonna Give You Up", limit=5)
for i, r in enumerate(results, 1):
    print(f"{i}. {r.display_name} [{r.duration_str}]")

track = pm.search_and_download("Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley")

# Download from SoundCloud
track = pm.download("https://soundcloud.com/artist/track")

# Download from Spotify (resolves via YouTube)
pm2 = PyMusic(
    spotify_client_id="your_id",
    spotify_client_secret="your_secret",
)
track = pm2.download("https://open.spotify.com/track/xxxxxx")

# Get metadata without downloading
info = pm.get_info("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ")
print(f"{info.title} — {info.duration_str}")

Advanced Configuration

from pymusic import PyMusic
from pymusic.config import Config

config = Config(
    output_dir="~/Music",
    format="mp3",
    quality=320,
    embed_metadata=True,
    embed_thumbnail=True,
    create_subdirs=True,        # Organise as Artist/Album/Track
    overwrite=False,
    playlist_start=1,
    playlist_end=50,
    rate_limit="1M",            # Limit download speed
    proxy="socks5://127.0.0.1:1080",
    spotify_client_id="your_id",
    spotify_client_secret="your_secret",
)

pm = PyMusic(config=config)

Environment Variables

export SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=your_spotify_client_id
export SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=your_spotify_client_secret
export PYMUSIC_OUTPUT_DIR=~/Music
export PYMUSIC_FORMAT=mp3
export PYMUSIC_QUALITY=320

Supported Sources

Source	Singles	Playlists	Metadata	Artwork
YouTube	✅	✅	✅	✅
SoundCloud	✅	✅	✅	✅
Spotify*	✅	✅	✅	✅
Bandcamp	✅	✅	✅	✅
Generic	✅	✅	✅	✅

* Spotify audio is sourced from YouTube — only metadata comes from Spotify.

Audio Formats

Format	Quality Options
MP3	64, 96, 128, 192, 256, 320 kbps
M4A	Best available
FLAC	Lossless
WAV	Lossless
OGG	Variable bitrate

CLI Reference

Usage: pymusic [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Commands:
  download  Download a track or playlist from URL
  search    Search for music and optionally download
  info      Show metadata for a URL without downloading

Options:
  -V, --version  Show version and exit
  --help         Show help message and exit

pymusic download options

Flag	Default	Description
-o, --output	~/Music	Output directory
-f, --format	mp3	Audio format (mp3/m4a/flac/wav/ogg)
-q, --quality	192	Bitrate in kbps (MP3 only)
--start	1	Playlist start index
--end	—	Playlist end index
--reverse	false	Download playlist in reverse
--shuffle	false	Download playlist shuffled
--subdirs	false	Create Artist/Album subdirectories
--overwrite	false	Overwrite existing files
--rate-limit	—	Speed limit (e.g. 500K, 1M)
--proxy	—	HTTP/SOCKS proxy URL
--cookies	—	Path to Netscape cookies file
-v, --verbose	false	Verbose output
--quiet	false	Suppress all output

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or pull request on GitHub.