getspot

A CLI utility to download Spotify tracks, albums, or playlists in original audio quality. It works by intercepting audio stream from spotify using librespot and ffmpeg, saving the recording as a audio file and automatically managing the playback state.

• Guaranteed to work on Linux
• Not Guaranteed on Windows (need testing)

Installation

cargo install --git https://github.com/megakaizo/getspot

Usage

1. Find audio monitor

pactl list short sources | grep monitor

Copy the name (e.g., alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor).

getspot track <spotfy_track_id> -s <audio_monitor> [-o /path]
getspot album <spotify_album_id> -s <audio_monitor> [-o /path]
getspot playlist <spotify_playlist_id> -s <audio_monitor> -n <start_track> [-o /path]

-o – output directory (default: ./data) -n – starting track number in playlist (1 for the first track) (only for playlist)

Example

downloading track:

getspot track 3z8h0TU7ReDPLIbEnYhWZb -s alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor -o ~/Music

playlist tracks for the 3rd:

getspot playlist 37i9dQZF1DXcBWIGoYBM5M -s alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor -n 3 -o ~/Music

spotify ids you can found like:

Track: https://open.spotify.com/track/<id> Album: https://open.spotify.com/album/<id> Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/<id>

Note

The tool controls the player state automatically (play/pause) to capture the exact audio.

Metadata (track name, artists, album, cover, etc.) is extracted and added to the output file.

The output format is MP3.