Spotdl

What's Changed
https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/issues/1971

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/compare/v4.2.3...v4.2.4

What's Changed

Improvements
- added support for python 3.12 by xnetcat in b64e87932517cd0054bf73e110db49b0e47c9e96

Important
If you are getting `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'`, try updating `setuptools`

- `pip install -U setuptools`

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/compare/v4.2.2...v4.2.3

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What's Changed

New features:
- added option to scrape any user's playlists by bharat-nair in 1916
- added support for proxy servers `--proxy` by Tunglies in 1912
- added option to skip explicit songs `--skip-explicit` by xnetcat in 1ba370f1cb196142291c5deca477c089bf4670e5
- added option to ignore albums `--ignore-album` by Billa05 in 1934
- added log format option `--log-format` by xnetcat in b04a86428db9f031873a7c23c965534cd681c1c6
- added redownload flag for meta operation by Billa05 in 912adc90c534c1a1e64f0b48fa04b85c0c74e0f0
- added shortcut for all user saved albums by edy252 in ab5ef17dd42d5eea4c106e13bee98b4808d4117f

Bug fixes:
- get download url when reading file metada by xnetcat in 1918
- fixed spotify.link for non song links by xnetcat in 23549294c2ea8679c2a724932b70913f1a34f876

Matching:
- always add time to match value by xnetcat in 7f361e1cb16f1f93e90ba7b1ea006e21168dfd14
- fallback to title matching for non verified results when score is lower than 70 by xnetcat in 6643a334fd34f9ebb27447648436fa34dd2239be

Improvements
- check if youtube music is available by xnetcat in 8be7680bb540939ec8003a6117261f9142a1cfda
- improved azlyrics lyrics provider (added automatic retries) by xnetcat in 698983a72a63c90aeaddc93c1ce7c9f03baac495
- added timer for debug mode by xnetcat in 83a10b4f47365c1429a3cbd78f72f255f2596ca0
- change URI Auth Port from 8080 to 9900 (something less common) by edinosma in e828353611c94dca7514c966878e371b25925097
- perform subdomain swap on youtube playlists by xnetcat in affddb49599c5a6a4972e67c68e788474015f06d
- update dependencies by xnetcat in c19e9a92839345f8d3d89810eecfd0b55c6706ec

Documentation:
- added top 100 contributors in README.md by MuhammadNizamani in 1926
- fixed typo in progress_handler.py by AniketP04 in 1929
- fixed typo in formatter.py result.py by AniketP04 in 1933
- fixed typo in installation.md by AniketP04 in 1936
- updated `url` and `web` commands in `docs/index.md` by drvnprgrmr in 1947
- updated quality docs/options by xnetcat in 67b09cf30ce0774f024b310d43f602d1fb4bea34
- fixed ReadTheDocs build environment by xnetcat in 553e7a843b86c575034a80aa27c8aa0dbd030786

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/compare/v4.2.1...v4.2.2

New Contributors
* bharat-nair made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1916
* Tunglies made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1912
* MuhammadNizamani made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1926
* AniketP04 made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1929
* Billa05 made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1934
* drvnprgrmr made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1947
* edy252 made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1945
* edinosma made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1959

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What's Changed

Web:
- Playlist, artist and album download from web app by oscarvx00 in 1865

Bugfixes:
- check if track is a song when downloading playlists by xnetcat in 8949b9a692c8fabac266f95f2a2a5895daaf7769
- Support for manual Bandcamp and Soundcloud download. (Using like manual Youtube download in the format MusicURL|SpotifyURL) by Piripe in 1897
- Fix crash when filtering results with the --dont-filter-results argument when a provider has 0 result by Piripe in 1897
- Fixed a crash with the cache by Piripe in 1897
- Fixed matching error when downloading an album caused by track duration by Piripe in 1897
- Fixed bandcamp audio provider by xnetcat in b1a48debc573924d100a91a47f2bc0ab741a51cc a4c6e8dcb80ab99cd62f84b80dcba0ec7a1dadde

Improvements:
- use downloader settings when parsing query by xnetcat in 0a692c7b0b0610204908c7823cd14ce078df1b6d
- added more checks for sync file by xnetcat in 5e34b216287b84daecf5b26afb6c99b57d4572ab
- respect detect-formats option when using m3u option by xnetcat in 8a8891e097480caccbda74b75f5ed1d62bb05f81
- fixed/improved search term matching by xnetcat in db11f719d7ba76451e3a7d628909277cab8ac38d

New features:
- added option to save errors by xnetcat in 920442e134292e892b762b4fdf7f69aeafc3c972
- added more checks for sync file
- added ability to print to stdout when using save by xnetcat in ce2bce651d46810621ae8eb729bb816ccdd115dc
- added `all-user-followed-artists` shortcut by xnetcat in f9f110f61dd7bb388546bd6791da81fbb5d2077f

Misc:
- updated packages by xnetcat in f8d749048537239085d7335e24f2f87ed24402ab

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/compare/v4.2.0...v4.2.1

New Contributors
* oscarvx00 made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1865
* Piripe made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1897

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Docs:
- added more info about cookies by xnetcat in fc817ad9bc6d45ed30ff11b04d17487c64acfde1
- updated the build command by xnetcat in aac20f56a138dc2a53d985173c96ab3dde580da7
- fix broken link in docs by laurens94 in 2baad4a4914ea20e8e4b501ebb9eebaf710351f0

Bug fixes:
- even more improvements to file name creation function by xnetcat in e9dee4f55d00ef9f5dd7a393efc5978c3f04619c
- update client's downloader settings by xnetcat in 4fd1be7713089641d1b73c48acf0849949c81491
- check if result has views before calculating the match score by xnetcat in 3f0565c88ae1a0a753347d15a1b484ae2c514d25

Matching:
- simplified artist match fixup for verified results by xnetcat in 7568dd9b3323828614a2b226c5e9be1913d4782a
- improved link matching by changing how the views are included in the overall score by xnetcat in f0ece432375fb6d7a7573f35ed13c6bb7df86f25

New features:
- added support for wav files by xnetcat in e7fa8fc57556332cec7a91d0fca010820f5fabb9 c1fb5089bc0b91250d38f705acc655908a6277f6
- added `--yt-dlp-args` flag by xnetcat in d789a5cb1abf23e7a28660ba79b3febcee45bfdc
- added soundcloud audio provider by xnetcat in e6f03396bdfefb3e0eb76c769c816f665ab031eb
- added bandcamp audio provider by xnetcat in cc399a8942187f5a72e4a0cc8e3bc399d7a50293
- added piped audio provider by xnetcat in ecba7d611bae329e407f61da03df66645b879163 (use piped to bypass country restrictions)
- added detect formats option by xnetcat in d9aac5710e4f10f6b5c16ca10f8f105c34a512d8
- added ability to download all user playlists by xnetcat in b915dc3a32366830627b77fc3eeb34789ad1fa5e

Improvements:
- remove unwanted directories in container image by Biswa96 in 1856
- improved sync file detection by xnetcat in 039801f107c701af666331b3ed4a2c147a31fb28
- added more words to forbidden words list by xnetcat in f4835a426111cc1258899ff4fda5205db6508d24 06cac0fc82c7700f7df8d3a9ddfb6336368ef052
- add ISRC in file tags by Maxmystere in 1859
- updated packages by xnetcat in 27a62f06b633ada469f6b01a258d2fd5dedd2065
- added support for piped links by xnetcat in d29385535508a000e322c843943b38ea6a8a13c2
- Give an ascii mode to --restrict flag by OmeGak in 1858
- use POPM id3 tag for popularity by xnetcat in 2384f0b1990b1a7b3f7d5beb664a24081f376dca

New Contributors
* Biswa96 made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1856
* laurens94 made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1862
* OmeGak made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1858

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**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/compare/v4.1.11...v4.2.0

What's Changed

Improvements:
- removed original date from id3 tags by xnetcat in ef2b647d762789a29ff48e1e98222a4691521e66
- improved documentation by Shabinder and xnetcat in 7d13e52f10ae45a4b022f047039a5ecd84bccd62 55644854b7752df8e1f1a219d3098e78ed0a7908 a15f7557753117e4701e6b70303c3847d449ab3b
- Include Spotify Popularity in metadata for MP3 files by cordeliachen in 1827

Bug fixes:
- check if we get less than 2 template parts by xnetcat in 1217595fa9e07da45e0d7acc57ed5f500e6f56f2

New Contributors
* cordeliachen made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1827
* Shabinder made their first contribution in https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/pull/1840

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**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spotDL/spotify-downloader/compare/v4.1.10...v4.1.11