This is a simple project that uses a google chrome extension to interface with Pandora, to add the ability to download the songs for offline listening.
It uses a small python Flask web server to handle the downloading and tagging of the songs
I started this project to implement a known method of getting the song into a Chrome extension so that I could learn how they work.
Please note that use of this extension is a violation of Pandora's Terms of Use.
- Updated the request regular expression to match new server urls, so it works again
- Now uses the Mutagen library to add tags to the songs including album art
- Added a continuous mode that will download all songs that play
- Made the download button more responsive:
- Is disabled when a song is not ready to download
- Displays the title of the song so you know it's collected the info properly
- Now works if Pandora isn't the active tab ( Needed for continuous downloading )
- Unicode support
- Code is a bit more organized
If you don't have python and pip installed, install them.
Install Flask and Mutagen with pip ( if you're on Windows, make sure you have your python scripts directory in your PATH )
pip install flask
pip install mutagen
Navigate to chrome://extensions
Check the Developer Mode box.
ClickLoad unpacked extension...
Navigate to the Pandora-Downloader folder
Open a terminal/CMD window and run the flask_server.py file
python flask_server.py
You should get the flask output of:
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/
If you want an extra test, visit http://localhost:5000/download and you should see:
Method Not Allowed
The method is not allowed for the requested URL.
You can change where songs are saved by editing flask_server.py on line 12.
This defines the save structure. It has different keywords you can use to organize your songs. Here an example using all the keywords:
save_template = os.sep.join((
os.path.expanduser("~"),
'Music',
'Pandora',
"{station}",
"{artist}",
"{album} - {title}.m4a"
))
*You should also be able to re-use keywords if desired
