{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Ali Akhtari · Notes", "home_page_url": "https://aliakhtari.com/", "feed_url": "https://aliakhtari.com/feed.json", "description": "Technical notes about software systems, automation, open-source maintenance, and practical engineering decisions.", "language": "en-us", "authors": [ { "name": "Ali Akhtari", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/download-spotify-cover-art-python/", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/download-spotify-cover-art-python/", "title": "Download Spotify cover art in full resolution with Python", "summary": "Pull the high-res cover for any track — no API key, no account. A one-liner for one, a small loop for a whole folder, and the option to bake it into a preview.", "content_text": "Pull the high-res cover for any track — no API key, no account. A one-liner for one, a small loop for a whole folder, and the option to bake it into a preview.", "date_published": "2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "Python", "Spotify", "Web data" ] }, { "id": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/export-spotify-data-csv-python/", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/export-spotify-data-csv-python/", "title": "Export Spotify track data to a CSV in Python (no API key)", "summary": "Turn a column of Spotify links into a clean spreadsheet — name, artists, preview — with the standard csv module and no OAuth. Or dump the whole record to JSON.", "content_text": "Turn a column of Spotify links into a clean spreadsheet — name, artists, preview — with the standard csv module and no OAuth. Or dump the whole record to JSON.", "date_published": "2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "Python", "Spotify", "Web data" ] }, { "id": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/search-spotify-without-api-python/", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/search-spotify-without-api-python/", "title": "Search Spotify from Python without an API key", "summary": "Type a query, get typed results — tracks, artists, albums — straight from the anonymous tier the web player uses. No client ID, no OAuth, no app to register.", "content_text": "Type a query, get typed results — tracks, artists, albums — straight from the anonymous tier the web player uses. No client ID, no OAuth, no app to register.", "date_published": "2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "Python", "Spotify", "Web data" ] }, { "id": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/spotify-api-rate-limits-python/", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/spotify-api-rate-limits-python/", "title": "How to handle Spotify API rate limits in Python (or skip them)", "summary": "The official Spotify Web API returns 429s when you push too hard. Here's how to back off correctly — and how to avoid the limit entirely for public data.", "content_text": "The official Spotify Web API returns 429s when you push too hard. Here's how to back off correctly — and how to avoid the limit entirely for public data.", "date_published": "2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "Python", "Spotify", "Web data" ] }, { "id": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/spotify-lyrics-python/", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/spotify-lyrics-python/", "title": "Get Spotify lyrics in Python (with your own cookie)", "summary": "Lyrics are the one part that needs a login. Here's how to read time-synced lyrics for any track in Python — authenticating as yourself, with nothing leaving your machine.", "content_text": "Lyrics are the one part that needs a login. Here's how to read time-synced lyrics for any track in Python — authenticating as yourself, with nothing leaving your machine.", "date_published": "2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "Python", "Spotify", "Web data" ] }, { "id": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/spotify-scraper-vs-spotify-api/", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/spotify-scraper-vs-spotify-api/", "title": "spotify_scraper vs the official Spotify Web API — which should you use?", "summary": "One needs an app, a client secret, OAuth, and lives inside rate limits. The other reads public pages with no account. An honest comparison, and how to choose.", "content_text": "One needs an app, a client secret, OAuth, and lives inside rate limits. The other reads public pages with no account. An honest comparison, and how to choose.", "date_published": "2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "Python", "Spotify", "Open source" ] }, { "id": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/spotify-data-in-python-without-the-api/", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/spotify-data-in-python-without-the-api/", "title": "Getting Spotify data in Python without the official API", "summary": "No app registration, no client ID, no OAuth. How to pull tracks, albums, and playlists — and download a 30-second preview or cover art — straight from Spotify's public web player.", "content_text": "No app registration, no client ID, no OAuth. How to pull tracks, albums, and playlists — and download a 30-second preview or cover art — straight from Spotify's public web player.", "date_published": "2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "Python", "Web data", "Open source" ] }, { "id": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/verification-is-the-layer-everyone-skips/", "url": "https://aliakhtari.com/notes/verification-is-the-layer-everyone-skips/", "title": "Verification is the layer everyone skips", "summary": "In the agent era, everyone can fetch a page. Almost nobody checks that the data they pulled out of it is actually true.", "content_text": "In the agent era, everyone can fetch a page. Almost nobody checks that the data they pulled out of it is actually true.", "date_published": "2026-06-05T00:00:00.000Z", "tags": [ "AI", "Reliability", "Web data" ] } ] }