A script for downloading mp3 files form the web.

I like to listen to classical music while I code and recently found out that streaming music online was resource intensive so I decided to download a library of royalty-free (for personal use) mp3s so I wouldn't have to stream.

Python 3 script

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This is to be run from your terminal (python3 mp3Scraper.py). I'm using a Mac so filenames are formatted accordingly. Most all of the settings are just below the import statements in mp3Scraper.py with a few text filters to try to rule out music with singing about three quarters of the way down the script. I used https://www.classiccat.net/toplist.php as my seed URL because it's a great compendium of classical mp3s available online. You might be able to adapt it to another URL if you're seeking another type of music. Assuming you'll want a fresh start, I would delete the contents of downloadedFiles.txt, URLsToScrape.txt and visitedURLs.txt.

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