SomaFM Scrapper

A Python-based project for scraping playlist from SomaFM for couple of ambient-based stations.

Description

This project contains a script to scrape playlist from SomaFM and save it to MySQL. The script is designed to be run periodically using a cron job to keep the data updated. It runs every hour and basically builds a long term database of what was played in SomaFM.

It scrapes the name of author, song, album and url.

Usage

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ExperimentalHypothesis/somafm-scrapper.git
   cd somafm-scrapper

2. Set up a virtual environment:

    python -m venv venv

3. Install dependencies:

    pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run manually:

    source venv/bin/activate
    python main.py

5. Run with cronjob:

    crontab -e
    59 * * * * /path/to/your//venv/bin/python /path/to/your/project/main.py >> /path/to/your/project/logs.txt 2>&1
   

Prerequisites

You need to have a running MySql DB instance and provide credentials in .env file to connect to it.