[GH-ISSUE #133] [Feature Request] Archive Metadata to File w/o Downloading #116

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opened 2026-02-27 04:57:36 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-02-27 04:57:36 +03:00

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Originally created by @FISSI0N on GitHub (Dec 21, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Googolplexed0/zotify/issues/133

Originally assigned to: @Googolplexed0 on GitHub.

Related Problem/Issue
Recently I noticed issues with compilations. Following that I wanted to scrape a list of tracks to then find specific compilation albums but couldn't find a solution. Even other programs like spotifyscraper failed me.
What I'd thus propose is a way of creating a file containing metadata, to fetch data without actually downloading the songs. This can help with testing too. I'm relatively certain the main branch of zotify used to offer a --verbose flag that allowed this at least somewhat.

Ideal Solution
A flag like --verbose that scrapes all songs from a given URL and writes their metadata to a file. This should contain information like compilation state, URL/ID of the artists, album and track, album type (single, album, compilation, appears on) as well.

Originally created by @FISSI0N on GitHub (Dec 21, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Googolplexed0/zotify/issues/133 Originally assigned to: @Googolplexed0 on GitHub. **Related Problem/Issue** Recently I noticed issues with compilations. Following that I wanted to scrape a list of tracks to then find specific compilation albums but couldn't find a solution. Even other programs like spotifyscraper failed me. What I'd thus propose is a way of creating a file containing metadata, to fetch data without actually downloading the songs. This can help with testing too. I'm relatively certain the main branch of zotify used to offer a --verbose flag that allowed this at least somewhat. **Ideal Solution** A flag like --verbose that scrapes all songs from a given URL and writes their metadata to a file. This should contain information like compilation state, URL/ID of the artists, album and track, album type (single, album, compilation, appears on) as well.