GPM Dump Scripts

Collection of helper scripts to extract playlists from Google Play Music:

• gpm_devices_dump.py: dumps a list of devices registered against your Google Play Music account
• gpm_playlist_dump.py: dumps all playlists to CSV files and commits changes to a Git repository

Environment set-up

1. You'll need to install these:

• Python 3
• Git

2. Then you'll need to install the Python 3 packages required by the scripts:

• pip3 install gmusicapi
• pip3 install GitPython

3. Initialise an empty Git repository somewhere on your disk by either:

• Using the command line: git init .
• Using a Git application like the GitHub App to do it.

Devices dump script

Required before using gpm_playlist_dump.py

1. Open the gpm_devices_dump.py script with a text editor and change GOOGLE_USERNAME / GOOGLE_PASSWORD to match your Google account credentials.

2. Save your changes and run the gpm_devices_dump.py script (from the command line: python3 gpm_devices_dump.py)

3. Read over the devices list and pick one you actively use:

[{'friendlyName': 'ONEPLUS A5000',
  'id': '0x1234567891234567',
  'kind': 'sj#devicemanagementinfo',
  'lastAccessedTimeMs': '1535005522344',
  'type': 'ANDROID'}]

In this case, I'm using my OnePlus 5 with a device ID of 0x1234567891234567. Remove the 0x prefix if present, and copy this value to your clipboard.

Playlist dump script

1. Open the gpm_playlist_dump.py script with a text editor and change GOOGLE_USERNAME / GOOGLE_PASSWORD to match your Google account credentials.

2. Change GOOGLE_DEVICE_ID to match the device ID you found from gpm_devices_dump.py.

3. Change GIT_REPO_PATH to point to your blank Git repository. Optionally, you can change GIT_REPO_BRANCH as well but you will need to create + checkout the non-master branch yourself.

4. Save your changes and run the gpm_playlist_dump.py script (from the command line: python3 gpm_playlist_dump.py)

You'll see a whole heap of console output similar to this:

blake at Blakes-MacBook-Pro in ~/Desktop                                                                                                                                                                                              9:10
> python3 gpm_playlist_dump.py
Initialised new repository in '/Users/Blake/Desktop/TestRepo'
Attempting to authenticate with Google Play Music
Exporting playlist "2015"...
        Written to disk.
        Staging "/Users/Blake/Desktop/TestRepo/2015.csv"...
        Staged.